Severe Thunderstorm Warning 222, NWS Hastings, NE

Issued

Aug 17, 2002, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 2002, 2:30 AM CDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Hastings, NE

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gosper County, NE

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NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

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.

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WUUS53 KGID 170632
SVRGRI
NEC073-170730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
132 AM CDT SAT AUG 17 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GOSPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 130 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SMITHFIELD
  TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELWOOD...OR FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LEXINGTON TO 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS LINE OF SEVERE STORMS INCLUDE
SMITHFIELD.

PEOPLE IN GOSPER 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...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4078 9976 4042 10058 4033 9996 4041 9960

NNNN

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 16, 9:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
957 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002

JUST A SHORT UPDATE TO THROW OUT A WIND ADVISORY AS BUFFER ZONE FOR
NORTHWEST CWFA. FRONT IS DRIVING ITS WAY TOWARD THE CWFA AND SHOULD
ARRIVE NEAR MIDNIGHT NORTHWEST SECTIONS. STRONG ISALLOBARIC COMPONENT
WITH PRESSURE RISES WILL AID IN HIGHER WIND SPEEDS. ADVISORY
CRITERIA APPEARS AT LEAST A CERTAINTY IN THOSE AREAS FOR 2 TO 5
HOURS MAYBE ACROSS AREAS FURTHER SOUTHEAST.

NO MAJOR CHANGES OTHERWISE. PROVIDED SOME TIMING OF STORMS AS FRONT
IS STILL EXPECT TO OVERCOME STRONG CAP...BUT POSSIBLY JUST A BIT
FURTHER SOUTHEAST.

.GID...WIND ADVISORY FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS NORTH OF A HOLDREGE TO
GRAND ISLAND TO POLK LINE.

MORITZ

In the hours before

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-171200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1142 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002

...SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED TONIGHT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

AS EXPECTED...AN ERUPTION OF THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL
LEAD TO A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS OVERNIGHT.

A COLD FRONT PLOWING INTO A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION
WILL MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. BETWEEN MIDNIGHT
AND 2 AM...AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
WILL HAVE THE BEST SHOT AT SEVERE WEATHER. BETWEEN 2 AND 5 AM...THE
RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL SPREAD SOUTH TO THE KANSAS BORDER...AND
EVENTUALLY INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BY DAWN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 5 AM.

IT IS LIKELY SOME SPOTTER GROUPS WILL NEED TO BE DEPLOYED TONIGHT.
ALL RESIDENTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN VIGILANT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE
WEATHER DURING THE NIGHT.

THIS FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL EXIT THE REGION EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...LEAVING A MUCH COOLER AND DRYER AIRMASS IN PLACE.

MORITZ

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.