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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Hastings, NE

July 9, 2004Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2004, 1:32 AM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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: Jul 9, 2004, 1:32 AM CDT (06:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2004, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jewell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 9, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 231 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: 2065 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGID 090632
SVRGID
KSC089-090730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
126 AM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 123 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF FORMOSO TO 6 MILES WEST OF IONIA...
  OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA TO
  43 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JEWELL...RANDALL...IONIA AND JEWELL

DAMAGING WINDS MAY CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 230 
AM.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
THE COUNTY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK SHELTER 
NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3999 9849 3959 9852 3958 9794 3999 9795

$$

EWALD

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 Jul 8, 3:21 PM CDT, 10 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:21 PM CDT, 10 hours 11 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
321 PM CDT THU JUL 08 2004

.SHORT TERM...LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS REVEALS A STALLED OUT WARM
FRONT SITTING ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS WHILE A WEAK COLD FRONT IS
MOVING INTO NORTHWEST NEBRASKA.  DEEP BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AND
RESULTANT HIGH INSTABILITY IS PRESENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WARM
FRONT...BUT CAPPING IS VERY STRONG AT THIS TIME.  WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY REVEALS TWO DISTINCT WAVES TO IMPACT AREA THIS EVENING.
FIRST WAVE IS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE PLAINS AND HAS PRODUCED A THICK
FIELD OF SHALLOW CU FROM NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS INTO EASTERN
NEBRASKA.  HOWEVER...IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME AS THOUGH CAP WILL
LIKELY REMAIN TOO STRONG FOR DEEP CONVECTION TO INITIATE WITH THIS
WAVE.  THIS SHIFTS ATTENTION TOWARD THE SECOND WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING
ACROSS WYOMING.  ANTICIPATE CONVECTION TO FIRE OVER THE HIGH PLAINS
BY EVENING AS WAVE ENCOUNTERS BETTER INSTABILITY.  AS LLJ FORMS
OVER AREA BY 06-09Z TIME FRAME...THIS CONVECTION WOULD MOVE INTO
CWA.  NOCTURNAL SEVERE THREAT WILL BE MORE OR LESS CONFINED TO WIND
AND HAIL.

UPPER RIDGE THEN BEGINS TO AMPLIFY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS BY
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.  THIS WILL ALLOW WEAK WARM FRONT TO
ESSENTIALLY BECOME DIFFUSE WHILE LEE TROUGH STRENGTHENS OVER THE
HIGH PLAINS.  THIS WILL MEAN A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR FORECAST
AREA...MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES BEHIND GOOD WAA OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS...AND MUCH LOWER CHANCE OF PRECIP. ANY PRECIP CHANCE
LIKELY WILL BE CONFINED TO AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 183 AS AN
OCCASIONAL CELL DRIFTS OFF OF THE HIGH PLAINS INTO WESTERN CWA.
WILL AIM TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S BOTH DAYS.

.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.  QUESTION REMAINS HOW STRONG
THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE PLAINS AND THEN WHETHER IT HOLDS ITS
POSITION IN THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK OR GETS PUSHED SOUTH AS
CANADIAN WAVES MOVE ACROSS. TEMPERATURES HAVE STRUGGLED TO REACH THE
UPPER 80S AND 90S PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WITH BOUNDARIES HANGING OVER
OR JUST SOUTH OF CWA.  THINKING IS THAT AS UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO
BUILD THE WESTERLIES WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH FINALLY ALLOWING WARMUP
AND DRYING THINGS OUT INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WORK WEEK. MID 90S
SEEM REASONABLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. OPERATIONAL GFS WANTS TO PUSH
RIDGE BACK DOWN WED AND THURS PUTTING US BACK INTO BETTER NORTHWEST
FLOW WHICH WOULD COOL THINGS OFF SLIGHTLY AND BRING BACK CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION. ECMWF LOOKS TO KEEP HIGHER HEIGHTS IN REGION. FOR NOW
WILL DROP HIGH TEMPERATURES JUST A LITTLE FOR DAYS 6 AND 7 BUT PLAN
TO KEEP DRY FORECAST GOING UNTIL BETTER CONSISTENCY ON SITUATION CAN
BE OBTAINED.
&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NE...NONE.
.KS...NONE.
&&

AWJ/RE

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:37 PM CDT, 8 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
437 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-091200-
ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLAY-DAWSON-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-FURNAS-GOSPER-GREELEY-
HALL-HAMILTON-HARLAN-HOWARD-JEWELL-KEARNEY-MERRICK-MITCHELL-NANCE-
NUCKOLLS-OSBORNE-PHELPS-PHILLIPS-POLK-ROOKS-SHERMAN-SMITH-THAYER-
VALLEY-WEBSTER-YORK-
437 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST PRIMARILY LATE THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM OVER THE HIGH PLAINS BY EARLY THIS
EVENING AND THEN WILL MOVE INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE MID
EVENING TO OVERNIGHT HOURS.  STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH
LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS.  HEAVY RAINFALL
FROM THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME ISOLATED AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA.

AWJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 11:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1109 PM CDT THU JUL 08 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1027 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 W COZAD               40.86N 100.06W
07/08/2004  45 MPH           DAWSON             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1029 PM     HAIL             4 W COZAD               40.86N 99.99W
07/08/2004  0.75 INCH        DAWSON             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

1040 PM     TSTM WND GST     COZAD                   40.86N 99.99W
07/08/2004  60 MPH           DAWSON             NE   PUBLIC

            EAST WINDS AT 60-70 MPH WITH HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE

1041 PM     TSTM WND GST     JOHNSON LAKE            40.68N 99.85W
07/08/2004  70 MPH           GOSPER             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER OUT AT JOHNSON LAKE

1058 PM     TORNADO          3 W SUMNER              40.95N 99.56W
07/08/2004                   DAWSON             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

1105 PM     TSTM WND GST     ELWOOD                  40.59N 99.86W
07/08/2004  70 MPH           GOSPER             NE   PUBLIC

            SOME LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL

&&

HJS

Local storm report, Jul 8, 11:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1143 PM CDT THU JUL 08 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1115 PM     TSTM WND GST     BERTRAND                40.53N 99.63W
07/08/2004  60 MPH           PHELPS             NE   PUBLIC

1120 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 W KEARNEY             40.70N 99.24W
07/08/2004  62 MPH           BUFFALO            NE   AMATEUR RADIO

            AT HIGHWAY 30 AND EVERGREEN ROAD

1126 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ELWOOD                  40.59N 99.86W
07/08/2004                   GOSPER             NE   PUBLIC

            TREE LIMBS DOWN AT HWY 6 AND HWY 34

&&

HJS

Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:15 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
115 AM CDT FRI JUL 09 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1120 PM     TSTM WND GST     HOLDREGE                40.44N 99.38W
07/08/2004  60 MPH           PHELPS             NE   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN

1142 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 NW OXFORD             40.33N 99.74W
07/08/2004  60 MPH           FURNAS             NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            HEAVY RAINFALL

1145 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 SW MINDEN             40.42N 99.06W
07/08/2004  70 MPH           KEARNEY            NE   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE DOWN

1216 AM     TSTM WND GST     BLADEN                  40.32N 98.60W
07/09/2004  50 MPH           WEBSTER            NE   PUBLIC

1218 AM     TSTM WND GST     4 W PHILLIPSBURG        39.75N 99.40W
07/09/2004  60 MPH           PHILLIPS           KS   AMATEUR RADIO

1218 AM     TSTM WND GST     3 N PHILLIPSBURG        39.79N 99.32W
07/09/2004  60 MPH           PHILLIPS           KS   AMATEUR RADIO

1219 AM     TSTM WND DMG     RIVERTON                40.09N 98.76W
07/09/2004                   FRANKLIN           NE   PUBLIC

            TREES UPROOTED

1222 AM     TSTM WND GST     HASTINGS                40.59N 98.39W
07/09/2004  68 MPH           ADAMS              NE   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            68 MPH WIND MEASURED AT HASTINGS ASOS

1230 AM     TORNADO          3 NE AGRA               39.79N 99.08W
07/09/2004                   PHILLIPS           KS   PUBLIC

1230 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HASTINGS                40.59N 98.39W
07/09/2004                   ADAMS              NE   AMATEUR RADIO

            DEBRIS ON BURLINGTON AVE. 7 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN
            ACROSS ROAD. WAGON TOPPLED AT IGA. GREAT PLAINS FLAG POLE
            BENT 30 DEGREES.

1241 AM     TSTM WND GST     SMITH CENTER            39.78N 98.78W
07/09/2004  68 MPH           SMITH              KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            WEATHER LAB WEATHER STATION AT SMITH CENTER ELEMENTARY
            SCHOOL

1244 AM     TSTM WND GST     STOCKTON                39.44N 99.27W
07/09/2004  59 MPH           ROOKS              KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            WEATHER LAB WEATHER STATION AT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

1255 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 E CHAPMAN             41.02N 98.12W
07/09/2004  65 MPH           MERRICK            NE   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

HJS

Local storm report, Jul 9, 1:19 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
119 AM CDT FRI JUL 09 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1255 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 E CHAPMAN             41.02N 98.12W
07/09/2004  65 MPH           MERRICK            NE   AMATEUR RADIO

1255 AM     TSTM WND GST     CHAPMAN                 41.02N 98.16W
07/09/2004  60 MPH           MERRICK            NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS TOWN

1255 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E JUNIATA             40.59N 98.47W
07/09/2004                   ADAMS              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            BRANCHES DOWN ACROSS ROAD

1225 AM     DOWNBURST        HASTINGS                40.59N 98.39W
07/09/2004                   ADAMS              NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. 2 POWER POLES
            SNAPPED.

0109 AM     TSTM WND GST     OSBORNE                 39.44N 98.70W
07/09/2004  55 MPH           OSBORNE            KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            INSTRUMENT KNOCKED OUT

0106 AM     TSTM WND DMG     EDGAR                   40.37N 97.97W
07/09/2004                   CLAY               NE   AMATEUR RADIO

            POWER LINES DOWN. TREE DAMAGE

0106 AM     TSTM WND GST     SUPERIOR                40.02N 98.07W
07/09/2004  65 MPH           NUCKOLLS           NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES UPROOTED. POWER LINES DOWN.

&&

NELSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips	65 min
Jul 9, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	65 min
Jul 9, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	56 min
Jul 9, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks	64 min
Jul 9, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	46 min
Jul 9, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	62 min
Jul 9, 1:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne	6 hr
Jul 9, 2:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell, Osborne	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2004 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.