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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Hastings, NE

May 4, 2003Hamilton County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2003, 11:52 AM CDT for Hamilton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 53 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
May 4, 2003, 11:52 AM CDT (16:52 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2003, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hamilton County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 11:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 375 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
509 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

983 
WUUS53 KGID 041652
SVRGID
NEC081-041745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1152 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT

* AT 1147 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PHILLIPS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  GRAND ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  AURORA
  HAMPTON
  MARQUETTE
  HORDVILLE

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

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

LAT...LON 4093 9827 4073 9823 4074 9784 4114 9783
$$
GUYER

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 May 4, 2:56 AM CDT, 8 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:56 AM CDT, 8 hours 56 minutes before
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
Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 11:23 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
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 office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall44 min
May 4, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman62 min
May 4, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman30 min
May 4, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward27 min
May 4, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick48 min
May 4, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley56 min
May 4, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Nance63 min
May 4, 2:03 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDHoward42 min
May 4, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick51 min
May 4, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk61 min
May 4, 5:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman39 min
May 4, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall42 min
May 4, 11:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps55 min
May 4, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo52 min
May 4, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward61 min
May 4, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick59 min
May 4, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney62 min
May 4, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo59 min
May 4, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps62 min
May 4, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard64 min
May 4, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick26 min
May 4, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance49 min
May 4, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams48 min
May 4, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney66 min
May 4, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay59 min
May 4, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton63 min
May 4, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick48 min
May 4, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork62 min
May 4, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk59 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.