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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2005, 7:11 PM CDT for York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 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
- Jun 4, 2005, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 1467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
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 Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 400 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 .DISCUSSION...A LOT GOING ON TODAY SO THE AFD WILL BE TRUNCATED. BIG CHALLENGE WILL ACTUALLY BE CHANCE FOR SEVERE WX AND POPS TONIGHT. UPPER LOW WILL TRACK MAINLY NORTHWEST OF THE CWA WITH A VORT SWINGING AROUND THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY THIS EVENING. THIS WILL PROBABLY BE OUR BEST SHOT AT PRECIP. FOR SEVERE...WE DO HAVE A CHANCE...BUT TORNADOES DO NOT SEEM TERRIBLY LIKELY. BEST CHANCE WOULD PROBABLY BE LANDSPOUT IN NATURE IN THE NORTHWESTERN CWA WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME VERTICAL VORTICITY IN PLACE...BUT SINCE WARM FRONT-TYPE SURFACE BOUNDARY HAS ALREADY SHIFTED OUT OF THE CWA...CHANCES HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY. DO NOT HAVE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH AND THE ACTIVITY TO THE SOUTHEAST ASSOCIATED WITH THE JET STREAK WILL PROBABLY STAY TO THE SOUTHEAST. WE ARE KIND OF IN A GAP FOR TORNADOES. ALSO THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT ALSO SEEMS TO BE DIMINISHING AS MAIN FOCUSES SEEM TO BE TO THE SOUTHEAST AND NORTHWEST TONIGHT. SO DID NOT EXTEND THE FLOOD WATCH LATER. MAY BE SOME CELLS WITH HEAVY RAIN...BUT NOT EXPECTING TERRIBLY WIDESPREAD FLOODING. RIVERS MAY STILL BE A PROBLEM FROM RECENT RAIN. WRAP AROUND MOISTURE MAY KEEP POPS IN FOR TOMORROW MORNING...BUT DO NOT EXPECT MUCH THUNDER IF ANY AT ALL. RIDGING ON MONDAY IS CONSISTENT AND WE LOOK VERY WARM FOR A CHANGE. OF COURSE NO PRECIP...BUT LATE MONDAY NIGHT ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH MAY WORK IN FAST ENOUGH TO GIVE A SMALL CHANCE OF PRECIP. PATTERN LATER NEXT WEEK LOOKS LIKE A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL BE KICKED OUT BY STUBBORN QUASI-STATIONARY WESTERN UPPER TROUGH SO HAVE LOW POPS IN NEARLY EACH DAY. SCALES ARE SMALL AND CONFIDENCE IN TIMING IS NOT THE HIGHEST BUT TOOK MY BEST SHOT. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...FLOOD WATCH ALL AREAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. KS...FLOOD WATCH ALL AREAS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. && HEINLEIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 11:44 AM CDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1144 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-051200- ADAMS NE-BUFFALO NE-CLAY NE-DAWSON NE-FILLMORE NE-FRANKLIN NE- FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-GREELEY NE-HALL NE-HAMILTON NE-HARLAN NE- HOWARD NE-JEWELL KS-KEARNEY NE-MERRICK NE-MITCHELL KS-NANCE NE- NUCKOLLS NE-OSBORNE KS-PHELPS NE-PHILLIPS KS-POLK NE-ROOKS KS- SHERMAN NE-SMITH KS-THAYER NE-VALLEY NE-WEBSTER NE-YORK NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLAND...HASTINGS...HOLDREGE... KEARNEY...LEXINGTON...PHILLIPSBURG AND YORK 1144 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STRONG MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON TRIGGERING OFF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. WITH RECENT RAINS...MUCH OF THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. SEVERE WEATHER IS ALSO POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S UNDER PARTIAL SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL MAKE FOR AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. THERE WILL ALSO BE ENOUGH WIND SHEAR TO PRODUCE SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH THE GREATEST THREATS. HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP AFTER 2 PM AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE MOVING EAST OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY NIGHT... AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWER CASE) EWALD
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jun 4, 2:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 203 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ063-064-076-077-086-087-050400- CLAY-FILLMORE-HAMILTON-JEWELL-MITCHELL-NUCKOLLS-OSBORNE-PHILLIPS- ROOKS-SMITH-THAYER-YORK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELOIT...PHILLIPSBURG...SUPERIOR...YORK 203 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 391 ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 391 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... CLAY...FILLMORE...HAMILTON...NUCKOLLS...THAYER AND YORK. IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... JEWELL...MITCHELL...OSBORNE...PHILLIPS...ROOKS AND SMITH. EWALD
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 7:07 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 707 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 NEZ039>041-046>049-060>062-072>075-084-085-050700- ADAMS-BUFFALO-DAWSON-FRANKLIN-GOSPER-GREELEY-HALL-HOWARD-KEARNEY- MERRICK-NANCE-PHELPS-POLK-SHERMAN-VALLEY-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLAND...HASTINGS...HOLDREGE... KEARNEY...LEXINGTON...MINDEN...ORD 707 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 396 ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 2 AM CDT... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 396 EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2 AM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... VALLEY...GREELEY...SHERMAN....HOWARD....NANCE...MERRICK...POLK... DAWSON...BUFFALO....HALL...GOSPER...PHELPS...KEARNEY...ADAMS... FRANKLIN AND WEBSTER. 04
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 67 min |
| Jun 4, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Polk | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 29 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.