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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Hastings, NE

April 29, 2003Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2003, 9:43 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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: Apr 29, 2003, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Nuckolls County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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
Apr 29, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 29, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 339 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

705 
WUUS53 KGID 300243
SVRGID
NEC129-181-300330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
943 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 943 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF GUIDE ROCK...OR ABOUT 35 MILES
  SOUTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOSTWICK AT 955 PM CDT
  SUPERIOR AT 1005 PM CDT
  HARDY AT 1015 PM CDT
  RUSKIN AT 1020 PM CDT

PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER AND SOUTHERN NUCKOLLS COUNTIES SHOULD 
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN RED CLOUD AT 938 PM CDT.

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF 
GOLF BALLS.

LAT...LON 4016 9853 3998 9851 4000 9781 4021 9782
$$
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 Apr 29, 1:30 PM CDT, 8 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 1:30 PM CDT, 8 hours 13 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
130 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003

...POT SVR WX IS THE CONCERN OF THE DAY...

AREA OF CONCERN IS SFC FRONT STALLED ACRS NCNTRL KS THIS AFTN WITH
ST N OF THE BNDRY AND MID TO UPR 70S TEMPS OVER LOW 60S DPS TO THE
SOUTH.  LAPS HELICITIES IN EXCESS OF 300 M2/S2 WERE NOSING INTO
THIS JEWELL AND MITCHELL CNTIES AS OF 17Z.  VWP PLOTS AND PROFILERS
IND IND ERLY FLOW N OF THE FRONT IS SHALLOW WITH SOME ELEVATED TSRA
FORMING IMMEDIATELY N OF THE SFC FRONT.

SHOULD ALSO SEE SOME HIGH PLNS DVLPMNT AS THE AFTN/EVE PROGRESSES
WITH MSTR CNVRGNC IN UPSLOPE FLOW IN ADVN OF NXT SHRT MOVG OUT OF
THE FOUR CORNERS REGION.  TSRA CONSOLIDATION INTO ANOTHER MCS IND
FOR THE OVRNGT HR...WITH EWD MOVEMENT ALNG/JUST N OF 850 WARM/STNRY
FRNT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE STATIONED A BIT N OF THE +RA AREA FM
LAST NGTS SYS.

BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE WL BE WATCHING THE SFC BNDRY THIS AFTN/EVE
FOR THE DREADED TOR WITH +TSRAGR AGAIN EXPECTED FOR THE OVRNGT HRS.

MINOR ADJUSTMENTS ONLY TO THE REST OF THE PACKAGE.

.GID...NONE.

09

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 8:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-301200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
810 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF THE EVENING AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT AS THEY
DEVELOP ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AND ALSO
ALONG A SECOND FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS BORDER.
THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE
NEBRASKA AND KANSAS BORDER MAY PRODUCE SOME TORNADOS.

VERY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED FROM THE STORMS TONIGHT...AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ON WEDNESDAY...DEEP SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL KANSAS COMBINED
WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVING EAST OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...
WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ALONG A SURFACE
BOUNDARY OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.
THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE VERY FAVORABLE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW
TORNADOES...MAINLY FOR AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 281.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THE REST OF THE EVENING AND
TONIGHT.

FAY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 29, 9:22 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO HASTINGS NE
922 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003

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

0737 PM    5 SW BELGRADE             NE    .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/03   NANCE

0737 PM    2 S FULLERTON             NE    .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/03   NANCE

Local storm report, Apr 29, 9:41 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO HASTINGS NE
941 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003

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

0751 PM    4 N FULLERTON             NE    .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/03   NANCE

0820 PM    2 W KENSINGTON            KS    FUNNEL CLOUD
04/29/03   SMITH

0826 PM    KENSINGTON                KS    FUNNEL CLOUD
04/29/03   SMITH

0835 PM    5 N ATHOL                 KS    FUNNEL CLOUD
04/29/03   SMITH

0902 PM    THORNBURG                 KS    1 INCH HAIL
04/29/03   SMITH

0905 PM    1 SW FRANKLIN             NE    .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/03   FRANKLIN

0905 PM    1 W RIVERTON              NE    FUNNEL CLOUD
04/29/03   FRANKLIN

0929 PM    1 SW RED CLOUD            NE    1.25 INCH HAIL
04/29/03   WEBSTER

0933 PM    1 SW RED CLOUD            NE    1.25 INCH HAIL
04/29/03   WEBSTER

0938 PM    RED CLOUD                 NE    1 INCH HAIL
04/29/03   WEBSTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nance	47 min
Apr 29, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nance	48 min
Apr 29, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Webster	64 min
Apr 29, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Franklin, Webster	66 min
Apr 29, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley	49 min
Apr 29, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	64 min
Apr 29, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	40 min
Apr 29, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	66 min
Apr 29, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	48 min
Apr 29, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	62 min
Apr 30, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Howard, Sherman	65 min
Apr 30, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	53 min
Apr 30, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick	62 min
Apr 30, 1:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Howard	60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2003 Every 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.