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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Hastings, NE

May 15, 2002Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2002, 9:16 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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
May 15, 2002, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2002, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jewell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2002-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1251 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2002-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KGID 160216
SVRGRI
KSC089-160315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
916 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 912 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 8 MILES WEST OF WEBBER TO
  LOVEWELL STATE PARK...OR FROM 38 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO 29
  MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WEBBER AT 935 PM CDT

PEOPLE IN JEWELL 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.

LAT...LON 3958 9796 3998 9797 3999 9850 3958 9848

NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Smith59 min
May 15, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith62 min

Nearby

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

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.