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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Hastings, NE

May 4, 2003Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2003, 9:46 PM CDT for Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 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, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2003, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Phelps County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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 nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 855 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

176 
WUUS53 KGID 050246
SVRGID
NEC137-050345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
945 PM 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 1045 PM CDT

* AT 941 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FUNK...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  HOLDREGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FUNK AT 950 PM CDT.
  
THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL.  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

PEOPLE IN PHELPS 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 4065 9959 4036 9958 4035 9920 4064 9921
$$

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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, 2:39 PM CDT, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:39 PM CDT, 7 hours 7 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, 10 hours 23 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, 4:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
458 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS..DUTY NATIONAL
                                           WEATHER SERVICE
                                           METEOROLOGIST REPORTED
                                           WEAK TORNADO FROM 140
                                           PM TO 145 PM LOCATED 2
                                           TO 3 MILES NORTH OF
                                           PAULINE.  ESTIMATED 80
                                           MPH WIND GUSTS REPORTED
                                           AT SAME LOCATIONS.

0200 PM    12 S MINDEN               NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   KEARNEY

0206 PM    GILTNER                   NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   HAMILTON

0210 PM    GILTNER                   NE    .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   HAMILTON

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.

0240 PM    BRADSHAW                  NE    70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/04/03   YORK

0257 PM    5 E IONIA                 KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   JEWELL

0257 PM    SILVER CREEK              NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MERRICK                         REPORT RELAYED FROM
                                           PLATTE COUNTY.

0300 PM    OSCEOLA                   NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   POLK

0302 PM    SILVER CREEK              NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MERRICK

0344 PM    JEWELL                    KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   JEWELL

0420 PM    BELOIT                    KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MITCHELL                        KVSV RADIO STATION ON
                                           THE EAST EDGE OF BELOIT
                                           REPORTED 0.75 INCH HAIL.

0435 PM    2 E BELOIT                KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MITCHELL                        0.75 INCH TO 0.88 INCH
                                           HAIL REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                           SHERIFF 2 MILES EAST OF
                                           BELOIT ALONG HIGHWAY 9.

Local storm report, May 4, 5:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
540 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

1144 AM    GRAND ISLAND              NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   HALL

1200 PM    GRAND ISLAND              NE    .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   HALL

1210 PM    DANNEBROG                 NE    1 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   HOWARD

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

1215 PM    MARQUETTE                 NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   HAMILTON

1215 PM    RIVERDALE                 NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   BUFFALO

1217 PM    PLEASANTON                NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   BUFFALO

1229 PM    2 E LOWELL                NE    1 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   KEARNEY                         SPOTTER REPORTED 1 INCH
                                           DIAMETER HAIL 2 MILES
                                           EAST OF FUNK.

1229 PM    4 SE HOLDREGE             NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   PHELPS

1230 PM    MILLER                    NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   BUFFALO                         SPOTTER REPORTED 0.75
                                           INCH HAIL AT 1200 PM
                                           AND FROM 1215 PM TO
                                           1230 PM IN MILLER.

1235 PM    CENTRAL CITY              NE    .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MERRICK                         0.75 TO 0.88 INCH
                                           DIAMETER HAIL REPORTED
                                           BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

1251 PM    CLARKS                    NE    1 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MERRICK                         REPORT RELAYED VIA LAW
                                           ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.

0108 PM    CLARKS                    NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MERRICK

0110 PM    GENOA                     NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   NANCE

0124 PM    2 W AXTELL                NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   KEARNEY

0125 PM    2 SW AXTELL               NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   KEARNEY                         LAW ENFORCEMENT
                                           REPORTED HAIL ALONG
                                           HIGHWAY 6 AND HIGHWAY
                                           34 ALONG THE KEARNEY
                                           AND PHELPS COUNTY LINES.

0129 PM    3 S PROSSER               NE    1 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   ADAMS                           REPORTED BY HAYLAND
                                           ELEVATOR WHICH IS SOUTH
                                           OF PROSSER AND BETWEEN
                                           PROSSER AND JUNIATA.

0133 PM    GENOA                     NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   NANCE

0133 PM    DANNEBROG                 NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   HOWARD                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER
                                           ALONG HALL AND HOWARD
                                           COUNTY LINES.

0134 PM    AXTELL                    NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   KEARNEY

0134 PM    HOLDREGE                  NE    1 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   PHELPS

0137 PM    4 N HASTINGS              NE    .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   ADAMS                           HASTINGS NATIONAL
                                           WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
                                           REPORT.

0138 PM    SILVER CREEK              NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MERRICK                         PEA TO GOLFBALL SIZED
                                           HAIL OCCURRED IN SILVER
                                           CREEK.

0138 PM    3 NE HASTINGS             NE    1 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   ADAMS

0145 PM    2 N PAULINE               NE    TORNADO
05/04/03   ADAMS                           OFF DUTY NATIONAL
                                           WEATHER SERVICE
                                           METEOROLOGIST REPORTED
                                           WEAK TORNADO FROM 140
                                           PM TO 145 PM LOCATED 2
                                           TO 3 MILES NORTH OF
                                           PAULINE.  ESTIMATED 80
                                           MPH WIND GUSTS REPORTED
                                           AT SAME LOCATIONS.

0200 PM    12 S MINDEN               NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   KEARNEY

0206 PM    GILTNER                   NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   HAMILTON

0210 PM    GILTNER                   NE    .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   HAMILTON

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.

0240 PM    BRADSHAW                  NE    70 MPH TSTM GUST
05/04/03   YORK

0257 PM    5 E IONIA                 KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   JEWELL

0257 PM    SILVER CREEK              NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MERRICK                         REPORT RELAYED FROM
                                           PLATTE COUNTY.

0300 PM    OSCEOLA                   NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   POLK

0302 PM    SILVER CREEK              NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MERRICK

0344 PM    JEWELL                    KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   JEWELL

0420 PM    BELOIT                    KS    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MITCHELL                        KVSV RADIO STATION ON
                                           THE EAST EDGE OF BELOIT
                                           REPORTED 0.75 INCH HAIL.

0435 PM    2 E BELOIT                KS    .88 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   MITCHELL                        0.75 INCH TO 0.88 INCH
                                           HAIL REPORTED BY COUNTY
                                           SHERIFF 2 MILES EAST OF
                                           BELOIT ALONG HIGHWAY 9.

Local storm report, May 4, 9:11 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
911 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

0907 PM    BERTRAND                  NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   PHELPS

Local storm report, May 4, 9:20 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
920 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

0905 PM    OVERTON                   NE    .75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   DAWSON

Local storm report, May 4, 9:35 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
935 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

0933 PM    HOLDREGE                  NE    1.75 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   PHELPS                          SPOTTER REPORT 5 MILES
                                           NORTH AND 2 MILES WEST
                                           OF HOLDREGE.

Local storm report, May 4, 9:36 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
936 PM CDT SUN MAY 04 2003

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

0140 PM    HASTINGS                  NE    1 INCH HAIL
05/04/03   ADAMS                           AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER
                                           REPORT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 4, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	50 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.