Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2003, 11:42 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2003, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Buffalo County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
334 WUUS53 KGID 300442 SVRGID NEC019-300530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1140 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 1137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF RIVERDALE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF KEARNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PLEASANTON AT 1150 PM CDT POOLE AT MIDNIGHT CDT RAVENNA AT 1205 AM CDT PEOPLE IN BUFFALO COUNTY 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 4076 9910 4086 9928 4104 9912 4104 9877 $$ NNNN MORITZ
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, 10 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 1:30 PM CDT, 10 hours 12 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, 3 hours 32 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, 10:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO HASTINGS NE
1012 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0955 PM GUIDE ROCK NE 1 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 WEBSTER
1007 PM 6 W SUPERIOR NE .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 NUCKOLLSLocal storm report, Apr 29, 10:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO HASTINGS NE
1013 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 AM AXTELL NE 1 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 KEARNEY HAIL UP TO ONE INCH.Local storm report, Apr 29, 10:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO HASTINGS NE
1016 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1000 PM 5 NE GUIDE ROCK NE 1 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 NUCKOLLSLocal storm report, Apr 29, 10:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO HASTINGS NE
1031 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1025 PM 1 N SUPERIOR NE 1 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 NUCKOLLS
1025 PM 2 NW SUPERIOR NE 1.25 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 NUCKOLLS
1027 PM 1 NW SUPERIOR NE 1.5 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 NUCKOLLS
1027 PM SUPERIOR NE 1 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 NUCKOLLSLocal storm report, Apr 29, 11:23 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO HASTINGS NE
1123 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1121 PM DESHLER NE .75 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 THAYERLocal storm report, Apr 29, 11:31 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WFO HASTINGS NE
1131 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1128 PM DESHLER NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/29/03 THAYERThe 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, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 47 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, 11:58 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
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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.