Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Hastings, NE

August 19, 2003Adams County, Franklin County, Kearney County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2003, 11:01 PM CDT for Adams County, Franklin County, Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 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
Aug 19, 2003, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2003, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Adams County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Kearney County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 19, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2003-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1637 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2003-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
1637 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGID 200401
SVRGID
NEC001-061-099-200500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1100 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1057 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER UPLAND...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  HOLDREGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMPBELL AT 1105 PM CDT...
  NORMAN AT 1115 PM CDT...
  HOLSTEIN AT 1120 PM CDT...
  ROSELAND AT 1125 PM CDT...
  KENESAW AT 1130 PM CDT...

ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT UPLAND WITH THIS STORM. 

PEOPLE IN WESTERN ADAMS...SOUTHERN KEARNEY AND NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN 
COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS.

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

LAT...LON 4040 9911 4019 9891 4046 9835 4086 9839
$$
NNNN

MORITZ

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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.