Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2003, 10:31 PM CDT for Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 23, 2003, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2003, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 4886 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1084 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 7.9
- Supercell composite
- 32.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGID 240331 SVRGID NEC137-240415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1031 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BERTRAND...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHWESTERN PHELPS COUNTY AT 1040 PM CDT RURAL NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY AT 1050 PM CDT PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN PHELPS COUNTY 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. LAT...LON 4043 9957 4067 9964 4066 9936 $$ 9 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 Jun 23, 2:30 PM CDT, 8 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 2:30 PM CDT, 8 hours 1 minute before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 230 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003 ...ANOTHER POSSIBLE CHANCE FOR SEVERE STORMS... OVERALL...NO CHANGES OTHER THAN MINOR TWEAKS TO CURRENT AS IT CONTINUES TO LOOK GOOD. LOTS OF WARM AIR MOVING OVER TOP TODAY. SOMEWHAT OF ELEVATED MIXED LAYER WESTERN NE...AND SFC ELEVATION AND HEAT...WILL HELP DESTABILIZE AND BLOW CAP WEST. HUGE AMOUNTS OF ENERGY OVR OUR AREA KEEP US IN PRECARIOUS POSITION...IF CAP BLOWS WATCH OUT...IF NOT...HOT AND SWEATY. CAN NOT BELIEVE I AM SAYING THIS...BUT AFTER YESTERDAY I HOPE FOR THE LATTER. ONE BUG IN THE MIX HOWEVER WILL BE 50 TO 60 KT LL JET PUSHING OVERHEAD OVERNIGHT WHICH WILL MAINTAIN CONVECTION TO THE EAST...WITH BEST CHC OVR NRN CWA. RIGHT NOW MAIN BOUNDARY CUTS THROUGH KS PORTION OF CWA...AND CURVES UP THROUGH GOSPER COUNTY...WITH BEST SFC FORCING W AND N OF NORTH PLATTE. WILL PLAY WAIT AND WATCH GAME THROUGH REST OF AFTERNOON WATCHING REGION BETWEEN HDE AND LBF AND POINTS WEST FOR INDICATIONS OF INITIATION. REGION TO SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS...PARTICULARLY KS COUNTIES LIKELY MUCH TOO CAPPED TO BUST EVEN WITH HELP OF CONVERGENT TROUGH. IF IT GOES...HAIL/WIND LIKELY SEVERE BEST BETS...WITH TORNADO CHC...IF ANY...BEST FAR NW QUAD BETWEEN DAWSON AND VALLEY. WILL CONTINUE CHC TO SCHC WORDING FOR THIS EVENING BASED ON SEVERE POTENTIAL. BEYOND TODAY...DECENT CHANCES FOR STORMS THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH BEST CHANCES CONTINUING FROM PM TUE THROUGH AM THU. FOCUS FOR BEST PRECIP WILL LAY OVER NRN HALF CWA WHERE SFC FRONT AND UPR SHORTWAVE STRENGTH WILL BE THE BEST. OTHERWISE...COOLING FOR WED AND THU...THEN SLOW WARMING TREND FRI THOUGH MON WITH NEXT WEAK UPR LVL SHORTWAVE THROUGH ON SUNDAY. NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF THIS WAVE TO PUT CHC IN AT THIS TIME. .GID...FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES TIL 530 PM FOR THAYER AND JEWELL COUNTIES. 10
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 6:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 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 604 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...MAINLY TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 6. SHOULD THESE STORMS DEVELOP...THEY ARE EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE...DAMAGING WIND...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PRIMARY FOCUS AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIMIT INITIAL DEVELOPMENT. VERY HEAVY RAIN IS AGAIN POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. THIS MAY PROMPT ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY EXTREMELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AGAIN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... WITH ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WOULD BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. 9
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 23, 9:44 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
944 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM 6 SW JOHNSON RES NE .88 INCH HAIL
06/23/03 GOSPER REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.Local storm report, Jun 23, 10:00 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1000 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0949 PM CAMBRIDGE NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/23/03 FURNASLocal storm report, Jun 23, 10:02 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1002 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0950 PM HOLDREGE NE 65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/23/03 PHELPS TREE BRANCHES AND POWER
LINE POLES DOWN.Local storm report, Jun 23, 10:09 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1009 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1007 PM KEARNEY NE 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/23/03 BUFFALO REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 62 min |
| Jun 23, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper | 65 min |
| Jun 23, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Polk | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 78 min |
| Jun 23, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 82 min |
| Jun 23, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 66 min |
| Jun 23, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman | 72 min |
| Jun 23, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 23 min |
| Jun 23, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 48 min |
| Jun 23, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Valley | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
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.