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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Hastings, NE

June 23, 2003Valley County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2003, 5:57 AM CDT for Valley County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 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 23, 2003, 5:57 AM CDT (10:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2003, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Valley County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3917 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
3917 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.3
Supercell composite
-2.7

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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 23, 3:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 3:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
156 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

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

0145 AM    12 NNW SMITH CENTER       KS   TORNADO
06/23/03   SMITH                          BRIEF TORNADO. REPORTED
                                          BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                          OFFICIAL.

0150 AM    5 NW REAMSVILLE           KS   TORNADO
06/23/03   SMITH                          TWO BRIEF TORNADOES.
                                          JUST EAST OF HIGHWAY 8.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, Jun 23, 2:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
259 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

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

0222 AM    HOLDREGE                  NE   .75 INCH HAIL
06/23/03   PHELPS                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0255 AM    HOLSTEIN                  NE   1 INCH HAIL
06/23/03   ADAMS                          REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.
Local storm report, Jun 23, 3:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
337 AM CDT MON JUN 23 2003

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

0325 AM    HEBRON                    NE   FLOOD
06/23/03   THAYER                         MASS EVACUATIONS IN
                                          PROGRESS ACROSS
                                          SOUTHERN HEBRON ALONG
                                          THE LITTLE BLUE RIVER.
                                          MANY ROADS CLOSED OR
                                          IMPASSABLE. REPORTED BY
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
Local storm report, Jun 23, 4:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork54 min
Jun 22, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton32 min
Jun 22, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore59 min
Jun 22, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer62 min
Jun 22, 7:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDThayer6 hr
Jun 22, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk61 min
Jun 22, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton44 min
Jun 22, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward57 min
Jun 22, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork59 min
Jun 22, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley53 min
Jun 22, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Nuckolls63 min
Jun 22, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams42 min
Jun 22, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer64 min
Jun 22, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance55 min
Jun 22, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNance59 min
Jun 22, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton56 min
Jun 22, 9:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFillmore6 hr
Jun 22, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Valley53 min
Jun 22, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer64 min
Jun 22, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls59 min
Jun 22, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls40 min
Jun 22, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMerrick51 min
Jun 22, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork55 min
Jun 22, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton65 min
Jun 22, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley64 min
Jun 22, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls57 min
Jun 22, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer62 min
Jun 22, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore60 min
Jun 22, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls46 min
Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDNuckolls6 hr
Jun 23, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan64 min
Jun 23, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster59 min
Jun 23, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster45 min
Jun 23, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin55 min
Jun 23, 1:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDThayer4 hr
Jun 23, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls54 min
Jun 23, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps61 min
Jun 23, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney63 min
Jun 23, 2:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDWebster6 hr
Jun 23, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams60 min
Jun 23, 3:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps43 min
Jun 23, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo61 min
Jun 23, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams31 min
Jun 22, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Rooks58 min
Jun 22, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell64 min
Jun 22, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Smith60 min
Jun 22, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell65 min
Jun 22, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips63 min
Jun 22, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDJewell6 hr
Jun 22, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell63 min
Jun 23, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips29 min
Jun 23, 12:35 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhillips25 min
Jun 23, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell65 min
Jun 23, 1:09 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhillips36 min
Jun 23, 1:18 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDSmith57 min
Jun 23, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell64 min

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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.