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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2005, 8:59 PM CDT for Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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 24, 2005, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Phillips County, KS, Harlan County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 24, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
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 24, 4:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 4:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 400 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 .SHORT TERM...ISOLATED CONVECTION FIRING UP ALONG A CONVERGENT LINE ACROSS THE CWA. CONVECTIVE INHIBITION HELPING TO KEEP THESE STORMS FROM GETTING TOO MUCH OUT OF CONTROL FOR THE TIME BEING. LOOKS LIKE THE BIGGER SHOW WILL BE FOR THE SOUTHWEST CWA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH ANOTHER MCS DEVELOPING. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE NORTH TOMORROW...POPS SHOULD INCREASE TO LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE CWA. THERE IS VERY GOOD AGREEMENT ABOUT PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT AND MOST OF THE PRECIP SHOULD BE OUT OF THE CWA BY TUESDAY EVENING. TWEAKED THE TEMPS DOWN TUESDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO CLOUDINESS. REST OF THE FORECAST MUCH THE SAME. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MODELS DIVERGE IN SOLUTIONS DURING THE EXTENDED PERIODS OF THE FORECAST. FRIDAY BEGINS WITH A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WITH UPPER LOW POSITIONED OVER THE GREAT LAKES...RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES AND TROUGH IN THE PACIFIC. OVER THE WEEKEND...THE GFS TRENDS TOWARD A BROAD TROUGH ACROSS THE CANADIAN PROVINCES WITH A MORE ZONAL PATTERN SETTING UP ACROSS THE CONUS. OTHER EXTENDED MODELS...ECMWF...UKMO...GEM...SUGGEST A MORE INTACT UPPER LOW LIFTING OUT TO THE NORTHEAST CONUS WITH STILL A NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN ACROSS THE PLAINS AND RIDGING OVER THE ROCKIES. GFS SEEMS TO BE THE OUTLIER AMONG THE MODELS RETURNING MOISTURE AND THE WARM FRONT TOO FAR NORTH TOO QUICKLY. THE EXTENDED FORECAST REMAINS DRY FOR NOW...ALTHOUGH PATTERN LOOKS TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE AROUND MID WEEK NEXT WEEK. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE KS...NONE && HEINLEIN/FAY
Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 3:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 347 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 NEZ039>041-046>048-060>062-072>075-082>085-251200- ADAMS NE-BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-FRANKLIN NE-FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE- GREELEY NE-HALL NE-HARLAN NE-HOWARD NE-KEARNEY NE-MERRICK NE- NANCE NE-PHELPS NE-SHERMAN NE-VALLEY NE-WEBSTER NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLAND...HASTINGS...HOLDREGE... KEARNEY AND LEXINGTON 347 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 281 AND ALSO INCLUDING NANCE AND MERRICK COUNTIES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WITH PLENTY OF INSTABILITY IN PLACE...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. KSZ007-019-NEZ049-063-064-076-077-086-087-251200- CLAY NE-FILLMORE NE-HAMILTON NE-JEWELL KS-MITCHELL KS-NUCKOLLS NE- POLK NE-THAYER NE-YORK NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YORK 347 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281...AND FOR JEWELL AND MITCHELL COUNTIES IN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. KSZ005-006-017-018-251200- OSBORNE KS-PHILLIPS KS-ROOKS KS-SMITH KS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG 347 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 281. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. LAWRENCE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 3:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 332 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 NEZ039>041-046>048-060>062-072>075-082>085-250400- ADAMS-BUFFALO-DAWSON-FRANKLIN-FURNAS-GOSPER-GREELEY-HALL-HARLAN- HOWARD-KEARNEY-MERRICK-NANCE-PHELPS-SHERMAN-VALLEY-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLAND...HASTINGS...HOLDREGE... KEARNEY...LEXINGTON...MINDEN...ORD 332 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 324 ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 11 PM... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 324 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 11 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ADAMS BUFFALO DAWSON FRANKLIN FURNAS GOSPER GREELEY HALL HARLAN HOWARD KEARNEY MERRICK NANCE PHELPS SHERMAN VALLEY WEBSTER LAWRENCE
Local storm report, May 24, 4:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 63 min |
| May 24, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard | 58 min |
| May 24, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 29 min |
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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.