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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Hastings, NE

May 4, 2003Kearney County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2003, 12:28 PM CDT for Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 4, 2003, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2003, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kearney County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 399 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2003-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-326 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.5

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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, 9 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:56 AM CDT, 9 hours 32 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, 1 hour 5 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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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 12:12 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1212 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1210 PM    DANNEBROG                 NE    1 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   HOWARD
Local storm report, May 4, 12:15 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1215 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1215 PM    RIVERDALE                 NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   BUFFALO
Local storm report, May 4, 12:19 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1219 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1217 PM    PLEASANTON                NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   BUFFALO
Local storm report, May 4, 12:21 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1221 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1115 AM    PROSSER                   NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   ADAMS
Local storm report, May 4, 12:23 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1223 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1215 PM    MARQUETTE                 NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   HAMILTON
Local storm report, May 4, 12:27 PM CDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1227 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1213 PM    CHAPMAN                   NE    2.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MERRICK                         1.75 TO 2.75 INCH HAIL
                                           REPORTED BY TRAINED
                                           SPOTTERS.

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, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton53 min
May 4, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward61 min
May 4, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick59 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
May 4, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell38 min
May 4, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks40 min
May 4, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell45 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.