Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2003, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mitchell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 582 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 841 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 17.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
082 WUUS53 KGID 042100 SVRGID KSC123-042145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 400 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BELOIT...OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BELOIT AT 403 PM CDT ASHERVILLE AT 405 PM CDT SCOTTSVILLE AT 410 PM CDT PEOPLE IN MITCHELL COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES. LAT...LON 3953 9843 3923 9846 3925 9797 3954 9795 $$ 16 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, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 239 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVING THRU THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON SO LIMITED AFD. STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PASSING THRU THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. SFC LOW REFLECTION CURRENTLY SITUATED NEAR NEB/KS BORDER ACCOMPANIED BY AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS AHEAD OF A SOUTHWARD EXTENDING DRY LINE THRU CENTRAL KS. MOIST FLOW OUT OF THE SOUTH HELPING TO MAINTAIN COMPLEX AS IT MOVES EAST. WILL MENTION LEFT OVER SHOWERS THRU THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...ANTICIPATE DRY WEATHER THRU MOST OF THIS WEEK UNTIL NEXT WEST COAST UPPER LOW TRAVELS THRU THE PLAINS BY LATE IN THE WEEK. IT APPEARS GULF MOISTURE AVAILABLE AGAIN FOR NEEDED PCPN. .GID...NONE. DEE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 11:23 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 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. T
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 4, 3:18 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
318 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0124 PM 2 W AXTELL NE .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 KEARNEY
0200 PM 12 S MINDEN NE .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 KEARNEYSpecial weather statement, May 4, 3:20 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
NEZ046-047-061-062-074-075-084-085-042055- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 320 PM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003 ...TORNADO WATCH #231 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SHERMAN...HOWARD...BUFFALO...HALL...ADAMS...KEARNEY...FRANKLIN AND WEBSTER COUNTIES. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM REMAINS POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 6 THROUGH 430 PM CDT...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINSHED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. NNNN
Local storm report, May 4, 3:29 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
329 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0257 PM SILVER CREEK NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 MERRICK REPORT RELAYED FROM
PLATTE COUNTY.Local storm report, May 4, 3:44 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
344 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0257 PM 5 E IONIA KS .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 JEWELLLocal storm report, May 4, 3:47 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
347 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0215 PM 6 ESE CLAY CENTER NE 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/04/03 CLAY 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE
BRANCHES DOWNED BY
ESTIMATED 60 MPH
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST.Local storm report, May 4, 3:48 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
348 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0344 PM JEWELL KS .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03 JEWELLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 38 min |
| May 4, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 40 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.