Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2002, 2:13 AM CDT for Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2002, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2002, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rooks County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGID 130713 SVRGRI KSC163-130800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 212 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 207 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF ZURICH...OR ABOUT 38 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST...SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PLAINVILLE AT 230 AM CDT CODELL AT 245 AM CDT PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN ROOKS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF DIMES AND QUARTERS. LAT...LON 3932 9956 3915 9959 3899 9904 3928 9908 NNNN 09
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 12, 4:10 PM CDT, 10 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 4:10 PM CDT, 10 hours 3 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 410 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002 ...FORECAST CONCERN IS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING... SHORT AFD THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO ONGOING CONVECTION. SURFACE ANALYSIS HAS FRONTAL BOUNDARY CUTTING ACROSS NEB...BASICALLY FROM JUST SOUTH OF OMAHA WESTWARD. BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN AN ALREADY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. LATEST COORDINATION WITH SPC INDICATES NEW TOR WATCH #421...TO REPLACE OLD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #417...GOES THROUGH 9 PM. NEW WATCH COVERS NEB CWA FOR NOW FROM VALLEY COUNTY TO FRANKLIN...AND AREAS EASTWARD. MODELS DO SUGGEST MID LEVEL STEERING SHOULD KICK FRONT OUT EVENTUALLY. .GID...NONE. DEE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 12, 9:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
917 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0910 PM 3 NW HOLSTEIN NE .88 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 ADAMSLocal storm report, Jun 12, 9:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
919 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0919 PM BLUE HILL NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 WEBSTERLocal storm report, Jun 12, 9:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
930 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0929 PM CAMPBELL NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 FRANKLIN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 12, 9:46 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
946 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0940 PM GUIDE ROCK NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 WEBSTERLocal storm report, Jun 12, 9:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
955 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0310 PM 8 NE NELSON NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 NUCKOLLS REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0339 PM 10 S PLAINVILLE KS TORNADO
06/12/02 ROOKS REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0513 PM CLARKS NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 MERRICK REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0537 PM 5 SW STROMSBURG NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 POLK REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0542 PM 3 W STROMSBURG NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 POLK REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0550 PM 3 W GRESHAM NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 YORK REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0805 PM 7 NNE MILLER NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 BUFFALO EVENT DURATION 5
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
STORM SPOTTER.
0840 PM KEARNEY NE 4.5 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 BUFFALO REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0845 PM 9 NNW MINDEN NE 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 KEARNEY
0855 PM 6 N MINDEN NE 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 KEARNEY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0905 PM MINDEN NE 4.5 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 KEARNEY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0910 PM 3 NW HOLSTEIN NE .88 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 ADAMS
0919 PM BLUE HILL NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 WEBSTER
0929 PM CAMPBELL NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 FRANKLIN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0940 PM GUIDE ROCK NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 WEBSTER
0950 PM BOSTWICK NE .88 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 NUCKOLLS REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 12, 10:01 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1001 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0959 PM 13 N MANKATO KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 JEWELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 56 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.