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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Hastings, NE

July 9, 2003Polk County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2003, 2:13 AM CDT for Polk County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 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
Jul 9, 2003, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2003, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Polk County, NE

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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 2003-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1531 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 2003-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
1531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
9.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGID 090713 CCA
SVRGID
NEC143-090815-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
211 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

CORRECTED STORM SPEED

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 315 AM CDT

* AT 208 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 24 MILES NORTH OF OSCEOLA TO 17
  MILES WEST OF OSCEOLA...OR FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS TO
  27 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORK...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  OSCEOLA AT 220 AM CDT...
  SHELBY AT 225 AM CDT...

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN POLK 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 4149 9755 4112 9780 4113 9740 4150 9732
$$

AWJ

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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 Jul 8, 2:30 PM CDT, 11 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:30 PM CDT, 11 hours 43 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
230 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003

TSRA CHC IS THE QN OF THE DAY UAA/SATELLITE SHOWING PROGRESSION OF
NXT SHRTWV MOVG ACRS THE NRN ROCKIES THIS AFTN.  SFC CYCLOGENESIS NR
THE BIGHORNS UNDR WAY WITH SFC WARM FRONT LIFTING THRU CNTRL NEB.
INVERTED TROF EXTENDING ACRS THE HLC AREA IS ALSO OF INTEREST WITH
WITH MSTR POOL...2MB PRES FALLS AT 18Z AND BTR HEATING.

SCENARIO OF MCS XG SD/NRN NEB LKS TO BE ON TRACK WITH QN FOR GID
BEING PROPAGATION VIA LLVL JET VS MID LVL WARM ADVCTN IN ADVN...AND
MAGNITUDE OF THE THERMAL TROF WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE MID LVL
IMPULSE.  PRELIMINARIES WL KP RA CHC CONFINED TO THE NEB ZONES WITH
THE POT MCS ALTHOUGH MDL WORLD IS KPG QPF N...TOO MUCH LVL
JET/PROPAGATION VECTOR SPPRT OVRNGT UNDR THERMAL TROF.
WL LEAVE THE KS ZONES DRY UNLESS DVLPMNT DICTATES OTHERWISE AS
BUILDING CAP IS EXPECTED TO HOLD WITH -5C/14C IND AT 50H/70H AS PER
ETA/AVN PROG AND UPSTREAM UAA TEMPS.

OTHERWISE...WL STAY DRY THE REST OF THE PACKAGE WITH NE TO SW TEMP
GRADIENT UNDR NW FLOW GRADUALLY WARMING DURING THE LATTER PDS UNDR
RISING HTS.  ONLY TWEAKS NEEDED TO TEMPS AT THIS TIME.

.GID...NONE.

09
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 12:10 PM CDT, 14 hours 3 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-091200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1210 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

IN RESPONSE TO A POTENT APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA...THEN TRACK SOUTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONTAL
BOUNDARY INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATER TONIGHT. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY TO AFFECT AREAS TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY
92...WHERE THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...THOUGH
LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO SUPERIOR ARE
ALSO AT RISK. THE TIMEFRAME FOR THIS SEVERE WEATHER WOULD APPEAR TO
BE MAINLY AFTER 10 PM THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

LATE THIS MORNING...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST SOUTH
DAKOTA TO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. TO THE SOUTH OF THIS FRONT...WARM AND
MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM INTO THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PLAINS...RESULTING IN MODERATE INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION. WARM
MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN CHECK
FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON...UNTIL THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
ADVANCES THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER IN AREAS TO THE EAST OF
HIGHWAY 281 ON WEDNESDAY...HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
A WARM AND DRY PATTERN WILL THEN PREVAIL INTO THE WEEKEND AS A RIDGE
OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THOUGH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT...STORM SPOTTER
ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND LOCAL SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

07

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:17 AM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
117 AM CDT WED JUL 09 2003

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

0109 AM    (ODX)SHARP FLD ORD        NE   62 MPH TSTM GUST
07/09/03   VALLEY                         ASOS OBSERVATION
Local storm report, Jul 9, 2:10 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
210 AM CDT WED JUL 09 2003

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

0200 AM    FULLERTON                 NE   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/09/03   NANCE                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley66 min
Jul 9, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley67 min
Jul 9, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman65 min
Jul 9, 1:01 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDSherman, Valley59 min
Jul 9, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward54 min
Jul 9, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Nance55 min
Jul 9, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk64 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.