Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Hastings, NE

Issued

May 4, 2003, 11:35 AM CDT (16:35 UTC)

Expired

May 4, 2003, 12:30 PM CDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Hastings, NE

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Phelps County, NE

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS53 KGID 041635
SVRGID
NEC137-041730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1132 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1128 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LOOMIS...OR ABOUT 15
  MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  LOOMIS
  RURAL NORTHERN PHELPS COUNTY

PEOPLE IN PHELPS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL THE
SIZE OF PENNIES ARE LIKELY.

LAT...LON 4068 9963 4042 9960 4041 9919 4065 9920
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GUYER

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NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 4, 2:56 AM CDT, 8 hours 39 minutes earlier.

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
256 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THUNDERSTORMS ON GOING IN FORECAST AREA ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER SYSTEM
MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL PLAINS.  THIS WILL KEEP STORMS IN AREA AT
LEAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.  SURFACE SYSTEM STILL TO OUR WEST
AND GOOD MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL
KANSAS.  WOULD EXPECT BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS TO BE ALONG STATE LINE
WHERE BOUNDARY FROM AM STORMS TO SET UP.

SYSTEM TO BE EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON TAKING PRECIP WITH
IT.  CLOUDS TO REMAIN IN NORTHERN PORTION OF AREA AS THEY WRAP
AROUND UPPER SYSTEM.  SOUTHERN AREAS TO BE PARTLY CLOUDY.

NEXT CHANCES FOR PRECIP COMES TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK AS ANOTHER
ACTIVE PERIOD SETTING UP.

.GID...NONE.

KISNER

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-051200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1123 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF
THE U S 281 CORRIDOR TOWARD OR SHORTLY AFTER THE NOON HOUR. SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS
POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A FRANKLIN TO YORK LINE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY AS ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON EAST
OF U S HIGHWAY 281.

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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.