Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2002, 7:37 PM CDT for Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2002, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2002, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Phelps County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Holdrege, NE |
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.
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 1550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGID 060037 SVRGRI NEC137-060115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 736 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOOMIS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HOLDREGE AT 745 PM CDT FUNK AT 755 PM CDT PEOPLE IN PHELPS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. LAT...LON 4036 9965 4036 9920 4063 9921 4067 9959 NNNN
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 May 5, 3:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 5, 3:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 312 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002 ...MAIN CONCERN IS TORNADO WATCH IN KANSAS CWA UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT... LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING LOW PRESSURE CENTER NEAR NE SD. SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE CONTINUES TO PUMP UP SURFACE MOISTURE INTO THE REGION WITH DEW POINTS ACROSS KS PUSHING INTO THE 60S. AN SPC CONFERENCE CALL HAS ELUDED TO A CONCERN FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS DEVELOPING IN THE EARLY EVENING AS CONVECTION BECOMES BETTER ORGANIZED. VIS SATL PIX ALREADY SHOW STUFF STARTING TO BLOSSOM IN SW KS. PROGGED ETA BRN SHEAR...AS WELL AS VGP AND EHI THIS EVENING DO LOOK IMPRESSIVE FOR SUSTAINING A SHEARING ENVIRONMENT ALLOWING STORMS TO DEVELOP A FEW MESOS. WITH MOISTURE CONTINUING TO STREAM IN...THE AIR MASS SHOULD BECOME LESS STABLE WITH TIME AS SUGGESTED BY PROGGED LI/CAPE/TT. ALSO...LCL HGTS GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTER OOZ THIS EVENING OVER MOST OF KS. OTHERWISE...EXPECT CONVECTION TO BE PREVALENT IN KS CWA AND EAST OF THE TRI CITIES. HAIL WILL BE A BIG CONCERN FOR ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEBR CWA AS HEFTY 700-500MB LRS LAY OVER STRONG THETA-E CONVERGENCE. THUNDER CHANCES RETURN MONDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS STRONG LOW LEVEL FRONTOGENETIC BOUNDARY ENVELOPES THE AREA...SUGGESTING AN MCS TYPE EVENT. BUT LACKING LOW LEVEL JET AND EASTWARD SKEWED BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE ALLOW ONLY SMALL POPS FOR THOSE PERIODS. WILL CONTINUE SMALL POPS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR LINGERING SHOWERS. NO BIG CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. .GID...NONE. DEE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 5, 3:02 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-061200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 302 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 2002 ...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH TONIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 9 PM. THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL DEVELOP NORTHEASTWARD. SOME MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THESE STORMS MAY CROSS THE NEBRASKA BORDER AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. OTHER STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A BOUNDARY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SWEEP INTO AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TOWARD DUSK. BY MIDNIGHT...THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE CONFINED TO AREAS NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM KEARNEY TO SUPERIOR. INCREASING WIND FIELDS ARE EXPECTED TO ESCALATE THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS. DROZD
Local storm report, May 5, 4:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
452 PM CDT SUN MAY 05 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM 7 S ZURICH KS TORNADO
05/05/02 ROOKS REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, May 5, 5:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
510 PM CDT SUN MAY 05 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM 2 W REAMSVILLE KS TORNADO
05/05/02 SMITH REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, May 5, 5:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
532 PM CDT SUN MAY 05 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0531 PM 4 N HASTINGS NE 1.5 INCH HAIL
05/05/02 ADAMSLocal storm report, May 5, 7:07 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
707 PM CDT SUN MAY 05 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0555 PM 4 SE GRAND IS NE 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/05/02 HALL REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0555 PM GRAND IS NE 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/05/02 HALL NEAR INTERSECTION OF
STUHR AND HIGHWAY 30.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0600 PM PHILLIPS NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/05/02 HAMILTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0600 PM 3 E GRAND IS NE 2.75 INCH HAIL
05/05/02 HALL REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
07The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 42 min |
| May 5, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Polk | 46 min |
| May 5, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Kearney | 33 min |
| May 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman | 47 min |
| May 5, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley | 41 min |
| May 5, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 37 min |
| May 5, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 53 min |
| May 5, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 66 min |
| May 5, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Thayer | 34 min |
| May 6, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick, Polk | 56 min |
| May 6, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton, Merrick | 58 min |
| May 6, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay | 63 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.