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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Hastings, NE

June 9, 2003Polk County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2003, 10:08 PM CDT for Polk County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2003, 10:08 PM CDT (03:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2003, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Polk County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 223 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 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
223 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 9, 2:24 PM CDT, 7 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:24 PM CDT, 7 hours 44 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
224 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003

TSTMS TONIGHT AND INTERMITTENT CHCS THRU THE WEEK ARE THE MAIN CONCERNS

18Z SFC ANALYSIS PLACED SFC LOW IN THE NEB PANHANDLE...WITH SFC
TROF/DRYLINE EXTENDING SOUTH THRU SW NEB INTO FAR WESTERN KS.  SFC
MOISTURE AXIS OF LOW/MID 60S EXTENDED NORTH THRU OKLAHOMA THRU OUR
CWA.  SFC WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE
CWA AND EXTENDED SOUTHEAST TOWARD OMAHA.  SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A
FEW CU HAVE DEVELOPED IN NORTHERN CWA LAST COUPLE OF HOURS WITH JUST
SOME ISOLATED -SHRA ATTM.  18Z SOUNDING FROM LBF INDICATES WARM H7
TEMPS NEAR 11C AND LAPS DATA ALSO INDICATES STRONGER CAP ACROSS
WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST ZONES.

EXPECT INITIAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS NORTHERN CWA THIS AFTN IN
VCNTY OF WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY...THEN MORE WIDESPREAD TSTM
DEVELOPMENT AFT 00Z THIS EVENING AS COOL FRONT APPROACHES AND
CROSSES CWA ROUGHLY BTWN 03-12Z.  LAPS DATA INDICATES A QUITE
UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WITH SFC BASED CAPES 2500-3500J/KG ATTM ALTHOUGH
AFOREMENTIONED CAP STILL STRONG IN SOUTH AND WEST.  SUPERCELL
DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES EARLY THIS EVENING THEN
LINEAR CONVECTION ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY TONIGHT.  EXPECT TSTMS MORE
WIDESPREAD TONIGHT WITH FROPA AND INCREASING LLVL JET.

TSTM TO END BY 12Z AS FRONT EXITS THE CWA...AND BOTH SFC AND H85
FRONT EXIT CWA TUESDAY SO ANY ADDITIONAL CONVECTION ALONG BOUNDARY
SHLD BE SOUTHEAST OF CWA.

MODELS LESS IMPRESSIVE WITH CONVECTION IN UPSLOPE FLOW ACROSS THE
HIGH PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT...WHICH MAY REACH WESTERN CWA AFT
MIDNIGHT.  HAVE MAINTAINED CHCS IN WESTERN COUNTIES ONLY.  TSTMS
CHCS REENTER FCST WED AFTN/EVE WITH APPROACH OF MID LEVEL WAVE.
PATTERN REMAINS ACTIVE THRU SAT WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CHGS MADE THURS
THRU SAT.  DRY CONDITIONS FCST SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH RIDGING AHEAD
OF WEST COAST TROF.

.GID...NONE.

FAY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-101200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
514 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM ALONG THE DRY LINE
OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS ALONG AND WEST
OF A SAINT PAUL TO GRAND ISLAND TO MINDEN TO STOCKTON KANSAS LINE
THROUGH 7 PM. EXPECT HAIL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO...WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 70 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE THUNDERSTORM AREA WILL SHIFT EAST AND AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF
HIGHWAY 281 SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE WEATHER AFTER 7 PM. THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL START TO DECREASE TOWARD MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN FROM
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED OVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FOR THIS EVENING
AND TONIGHT.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:37 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:00 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT :
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1000 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0955 PM    1 S FULLERTON             NE   0.75 IN HAIL
06/09/03   NANCE
Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:02 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT :
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1002 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0958 PM    8 S ST. PAUL              NE   1.00 IN HAIL
06/09/03   HOWARD
Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:04 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT :
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1004 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1002 PM    ST. LIBORY                NE   4.25 IN HAIL
06/09/03   HOWARD
Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:05 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT : SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1005 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1002 PM    ST. LIBORY                NE   4.25 IN HAIL
06/09/03   HOWARD

0958 PM    8 S ST. PAUL              NE   1.00 IN HAIL
06/09/03   HOWARD

0955 PM    1 S FULLERTON             NE   0.75 IN HAIL
06/09/03   NANCE

0953 PM    10 SSE ST. PAUL           NE   0.75 IN HAIL
06/09/03   HOWARD

0932 PM    4 SW FARWELL              NE   1.25 IN HAIL
06/09/03   HOWARD

0926 PM    5 SW FARWELL              NE   1.00 IN HAIL
06/09/03   HOWARD

0919 PM    5 W ST. PAUL              NE   70 MPH WIND GUST
06/09/03   HOWARD

0914 PM    3 E ASHTON                NE   1.00 IN HAIL
06/09/03   HOWARD

0912 PM    11 W LOUP CITY            NE   0.88 IN HAIL
06/09/03   SHERMAN

0909 PM    11 W LOUP CITY            NE   0.88 IN HAIL
06/09/03   SHERMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDValley51 min
Jun 9, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDValley47 min
Jun 9, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard60 min
Jun 9, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman65 min
Jun 9, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGreeley41 min
Jun 9, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGreeley36 min
Jun 9, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward62 min
Jun 9, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance67 min
Jun 9, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick52 min
Jun 9, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHoward31 min
Jun 9, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton64 min
Jun 9, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork53 min
Jun 9, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork30 min
Jun 9, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer51 min
Jun 10, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer44 min
Jun 9, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDRooks44 min
Jun 9, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDRooks60 min
Jun 9, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks56 min
Jun 9, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDRooks45 min
Jun 9, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith52 min
Jun 9, 11:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne51 min
Jun 9, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks30 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.