Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2003, 3:18 AM CDT for Osborne County, Rooks County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 57 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 24, 2003, 3:18 AM CDT (08:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2003, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Osborne County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KGID 240818
SVRGID
KSC141-163-183-240915-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
318 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
* UNTIL 415 AM CDT
* AT 313 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 12 MILES WEST OF CEDAR TO
ATHOL...OR FROM 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG TO 22 MILES EAST
OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
GAYLORD AT 325 AM CDT...
WOODSTON AT 330 AM CDT...
PLAINVILLE AT 335 AM CDT...
CODELL AT 345 AM CDT...
PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN SMITH...ROOKS AND OSBORNE COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
LAT...LON 3913 9959 3955 9960 3955 9907 3970 9906
3984 9888 3952 9849 3913 9850 3913 9872
3939 9905 3913 9904
$$
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NNNNWhat 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 24, 2:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 2:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 200 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2003 ONGOING TSRA MOVING SWD ALNG TIGHT INSTABILITY GRADIENT/850 MB FRONT UNDR NW FLOW AS OF 07Z. TSRA PROGRESS WL DETERMINE THE MRNG GRID SETUP...BUT LKS THAT THIS ACTIVITY WILL PUSH INTO THE KS CWA BY ISSUANCE TIME WITH LITTLE IND OF ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAFALL FOR THE NXT SVRL DAYS AS SFC FRONT PROGRESSES S AND WWD WITH BROAD LOW PROGGED TO DIG OVR THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY. WL BACK OFF SUN AND MON TEMPS TO ARND THE 70F BOTH DAYS WITH ERLY SFC COMPONENT AND MID LVL TROF JUTTING ACRS THE MO RIVER. FAST WARMUP FOR TUE NOW LKS TOO FAST AND WL BACK OFF TO LWR 70S OVR THE ERN ZONES...WITH MID 70S W. REST OF THE WEEK LKS OK FOR NOW WITH DOWNSLOPE WND AND BLDG RIDGE TO WARM TEMPS...NO MAJOR CHANGES TO DAYS 5-7. .GID...NONE. 09
Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 7:14 PM CDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-241200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 714 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY LATE EVENING AND LAST THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL SPILL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY LATE EVENING AS THEY SHIFT SOUTH INTO AN AXIS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. AFTER 10 PM...ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS...AS STRONGER LOW LEVEL WINDS SET UP IN THAT REGION. THOSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AND SOUTHEAST...AND ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND LOCALLY STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS TO ABOUT 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS COULD PRODUCE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS THROUGH MID MORNING. THOSE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY NOON. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER LOCAL OR INDIVIDUAL SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BRIEF DEPLOYMENT...IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES THEIR COMMUNITY OR AREA. MORITZ
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 24, 12:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1231 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1230 AM 4 N GOTHENBURG NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/24/03 DAWSON REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.Special weather statement, May 24, 12:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
NEZ039-046-240615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1242 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2003 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... VALLEY AND SHERMAN COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE REGION...AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO PEOPLE IN THIS AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. 09 NNNN
Local storm report, May 24, 2:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
204 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0203 AM 5 N OXFORD NE 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/03 FURNAS REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, May 24, 2:32 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
232 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0211 AM OXFORD NE 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/03 HARLAN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Special weather statement, May 24, 2:50 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
NEZ060-061-072>074-082>084-240815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 250 AM CDT SAT MAY 24 2003 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 3 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... BUFFALO...DAWSON...GOSPER...KEARNEY...PHELPS...FRANKLIN...HARLAN AND FURNAS COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED ACROSS THE REGION...AND NO LONGER POSE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO KANSAS...NO ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. 09 NNNN
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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.