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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Hastings, NE

April 10, 2005Clay County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 2005, 7:50 AM CDT for Clay County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 10, 2005, 7:50 AM CDT (12:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2005, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clay County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1277 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 10, 5:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 5:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
500 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

.DISCUSSION...A RATHER COMPLEX SITUATION AGAIN SHAPING UP FOR
TODAY.  BIGGEST CONCERN WILL BE BOTH FLASH FLOOD THREAT AND SEVERE
THREAT FOR TODAY.

UPPER CLOSED LOW IS OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS STILL AND IS STUBBORN
TO EMERGE INTO THE HIGH PLAINS.  SURFACE BOUNDARY ALSO TOOK AWHILE
TO APPROACH THE CWA LAST NIGHT AND FAILED TO ENTER THE PICTURE SOON
ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER INSIDE THE CWA OVERNIGHT.
HOWEVER...ODX DID RECEIVE A WIND GUST FROM OUTFLOW...A GUST TO 57
MPH.  NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM THIS.

STRONG LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL OCCUR ALONG THE FRONT
DRAPED ACROSS OUR CWA TODAY.  STRONG DIVERGENT FLOW ALOFT WITH
COUPLE JET WILL LIKELY RESULT HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS FOR PORTIONS OF
THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF OUR CWA TODAY.  THE FRONT WILL BE
DRAPED ACROSS THE CWA IN AN ORIENTATION ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO UPPER
LEVEL FLOW.  WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE I SEE A DEFINITE
POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING PROBLEMS TODAY.

AS FOR THE SEVERE THREAT...SINCE THERE IS A BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS
THE CWA TODAY...THIS COULD MEAN TROUBLE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
AREAS.  EXPECT INCREASED LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND STRONG DEEP LAYER
SHEAR.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND POSSIBLE.  ALSO A TORNADO
THREAT IS POSSIBLE MAINLY IN THE SOUTHEAST.

DID SOME TWEAKING TO TEMPS AND POPS.  GENERALLY RAISED TEMPS A BIT
IN THE EXTENDED.

&&

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

&&

HEINLEIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 5:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
519 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>076-082>084-111200-
ADAMS NE-BUFFALO NE-CLAY NE-DAWSON NE-FRANKLIN NE-FURNAS NE-
GOSPER NE-GREELEY NE-HALL NE-HAMILTON NE-HARLAN NE-HOWARD NE-
KEARNEY NE-MERRICK NE-NANCE NE-PHELPS NE-POLK NE-SHERMAN NE-
VALLEY NE-YORK NE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLAND...HASTINGS...HOLDREGE...
KEARNEY...LEXINGTON AND YORK
519 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

CORRECTED TYPO

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING TODAY.  SOME
LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN BY THE END OF THE
DAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.  SOME OF THE STORMS
TODAY AND THIS EVENING COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND...WITH AN ISOLATED RISK OF A TORNADO...MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM HOLDREDGE TO KEARNEY TO SAINT PAUL TO FULLERTON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GID  (ALL LOWER CASE)

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ077-085>087-111200-
FILLMORE NE-JEWELL KS-MITCHELL KS-NUCKOLLS NE-OSBORNE KS-PHILLIPS KS-
ROOKS KS-SMITH KS-THAYER NE-WEBSTER NE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG
519 AM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT.  SOME OF THE STORMS
TODAY AND THIS EVENING COULD CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND...WITH AN ISOLATED RISK OF A TORNADO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GID  (ALL LOWER CASE)

HEINLEIN

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick50 min
Apr 10, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork44 min
Apr 10, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDRooks50 min
Apr 10, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDOsborne66 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.