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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 177, NWS Hastings, NE

June 9, 2005Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 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 9, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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 9, 5:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 238 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: 766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.2

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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 Jun 9, 3:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 3:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
321 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  GENERALLY THE SAME
PATTERN AS THE LAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS. FEEL THAT PERSISTENCE IS A
GOOD CHOICE AND HAVE OPTED TO REINTRODUCE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT
DURING THE OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. 06Z NAM WAS
SIGNIFICANTLY DRIER THAN THE 12Z NAM...HOWEVER ALL MODELS ARE
SUGGESTING ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT. NOSE OF THE JET WILL BE A KEY
PLAYER AND SHORTWAVE EJECTING OUT OF THE ROCKIES HAS ALREADY STARTED
TO TRIGGER CONVECTION AND THIS LOOKS TO BE RIGHT IN LINE WITH
CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT FROM LAST NIGHT.

WILL BE ISSUING A FLOOD WATCH FOR OUR SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE CWA
AS THESE LOCATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN YESTERDAY
AND LAST NIGHT.  NERAIN DATA SHOWS MAXIMA IN FURNAS COUNTY AND 2+
INCHES IN PORTIONS OF CLAY...FILMORE...YORK AND THAYER.  WHILE MOST
RIVERS HAVE HANDLED THIS RAINFALL...ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL BE
PROBLEMATIC.  THIS SHOULD BE A LONGER DURATION RAINFALL EVENT SO
FEEL FLOODING POTENTIAL IS GREATER THAN FLASH FLOODING.

THIS PATTERN TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND ANOTHER ROUND
POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.  FOR NOW HAVE PRETTY
MUCH JUST MADE MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE CURRENT GRIDDED
FORECASTS.

.LONG TERM...12Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.  SHORTWAVES CONTINUE TO MOVE
INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS FROM THE WESTERN UNITED STATES MEAN TROUGH
ON SUNDAY.  THE ENTIRE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY INTO
EARLY TUESDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
UNTIL THE ENTIRE SYSTEM PASSES.  DEPENDING ON HOW FAST THE SYSTEM
MOVES...THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE CHANCE OF WRAP AROUND
SHOWERS INTO TUESDAY...BUT CURRENTLY IT APPEARS THOSE CHANCES
SHOULD REMAIN JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE GID CWFA.

THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY.  CONVECTION FROM
THE HIGH PLAINS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED IN THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT
WEEK...HOWEVER THINK CHANCES OF IT MAKING INTO THE AREA ARE SMALL
ENOUGH TO LEAVE OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR NOW.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM FOR S CENTRAL NE COUNTIES
ALONG...SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM POLK TO FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM SATURDAY FOR ALL N CENTRAL KS
COUNTIES.

&&

LEWIS/KING

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 12:07 PM CDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1207 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-101200-
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
1207 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL THAT COULD
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY FOR A
FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY MORNING FOR HEAVY RAINFALL
THAT COULD CAUSE FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DAILY THROUGH MONDAY. THE GREATEST CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT AND LATE SUNDAY. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY
RAIN CAUSING FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

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

WESELY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
559 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2005

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

0551 PM     HAIL             S HOLBROOK              40.30N 100.01W
06/09/2005  1.00 INCH        FURNAS             NE   PUBLIC

0554 PM     TORNADO          2 SW STOCKTON           39.42N 99.30W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   STORM CHASER

            2 RAIN WRAPPED TORNADOES SPOTTED

&&

MONTEFUSCO

Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
614 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2005

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

0558 PM     TORNADO          STOCKTON                39.44N 99.27W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DEPUTY REPORTS TORNADO ON NORTH SIDE OF STOCKTON

0603 PM     HAIL             2 N EDISON              40.31N 99.78W
06/09/2005  1.00 INCH        FURNAS             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MONTEFUSCO

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:15 PM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
715 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2005

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RED CLOUD               40.09N 98.52W
06/09/2005                   WEBSTER            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE LIMBS 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER REPORTED DOWN.

&&

MONTEFUSCO

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:42 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
742 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2005

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

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RED CLOUD               40.09N 98.52W
06/09/2005                   WEBSTER            NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER OUT THROUGHOUT THE AREA. NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWNED
            AND REPORTS OF LARGE TREE SPLIT.

0703 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RED CLOUD               40.09N 98.52W
06/09/2005                   WEBSTER            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN

0703 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG RED CLOUD               40.09N 98.52W
06/09/2005                   WEBSTER            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN

0734 PM     HAIL             DOWNS                   39.50N 98.55W
06/09/2005  2.75 INCH        OSBORNE            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF BASEBALL SIZED HAIL IN DOWNS.

&&

LEWIS

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:44 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
744 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2005

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

0501 PM     TORNADO          DAMAR                   39.32N 99.58W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   STORM CHASER

            MULTIPLE TORNADOES VISIBLE

0505 PM     TORNADO          2 SW DAMAR              39.30N 99.61W
06/09/2005                   GRAHAM             KS   PUBLIC

0505 PM     HAIL             DAMAR                   39.32N 99.58W
06/09/2005  1.00 INCH        ROOKS              KS   PUBLIC

            TORRENTIAL RAIN, FOUR MILE WIDE WALL CLOUD SIGHTED.

0514 PM     HAIL             5 N DAMAR               39.39N 99.58W
06/09/2005  1.00 INCH        ROOKS              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0520 PM     HAIL             DAMAR                   39.32N 99.58W
06/09/2005  1.00 INCH        ROOKS              KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            4 MILE WIDE WALL CLOUD SPOTTED, TORRENTIAL RAIN REPORTED.

0520 PM     TORNADO          2 S DAMAR               39.29N 99.58W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   AMATEUR RADIO

0520 PM     TORNADO          PALCO                   39.25N 99.56W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0520 PM     HAIL             DAMAR                   39.32N 99.58W
06/09/2005  1.00 INCH        ROOKS              KS   PUBLIC

            TORRENTIAL RAIN, FOUR MILE WIDE WALL CLOUD SPOTTED.

0520 PM     TORNADO          2 S DAMAR               39.29N 99.58W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   PUBLIC

0520 PM     TORNADO          2 S DAMAR               39.29N 99.58W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0530 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DAMAR                   39.32N 99.58W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            APPARENT REAR FLANK DOWNDRAFT BETWEEN PALCO AND DAMAR
            SNAPPED OFF POWER POLES.

0535 PM     TORNADO          5 NW ZURICH             39.28N 99.50W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DISTANCE ESTIMATED

0535 PM     TORNADO          6 SE STOCKTON           39.37N 99.19W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO W/DEBRIS REPORTED

0551 PM     TORNADO          6 N ZURICH              39.32N 99.43W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0551 PM     HAIL             S HOLBROOK              40.30N 100.01W
06/09/2005  1.00 INCH        FURNAS             NE   PUBLIC

0554 PM     TORNADO          2 SW STOCKTON           39.42N 99.30W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   STORM CHASER

            2 RAIN WRAPPED TORNADOES SPOTTED

0558 PM     TORNADO          STOCKTON                39.44N 99.27W
06/09/2005                   ROOKS              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DEPUTY REPORTS TORNADO ON NORTH SIDE OF STOCKTON

0603 PM     HAIL             2 N EDISON              40.31N 99.78W
06/09/2005  1.00 INCH        FURNAS             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RED CLOUD               40.09N 98.52W
06/09/2005                   WEBSTER            NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER OUT THROUGHOUT THE AREA. NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWNED
            AND REPORTS OF LARGE TREE SPLIT.

0700 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RED CLOUD               40.09N 98.52W
06/09/2005                   WEBSTER            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE LIMBS 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER REPORTED DOWN.

0703 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RED CLOUD               40.09N 98.52W
06/09/2005                   WEBSTER            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN

0703 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG RED CLOUD               40.09N 98.52W
06/09/2005                   WEBSTER            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN

0734 PM     HAIL             DOWNS                   39.50N 98.55W
06/09/2005  2.75 INCH        OSBORNE            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL REPORTS OF BASEBALL SIZED HAIL IN DOWNS.

&&

LEWIS

Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:52 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
752 PM CDT THU JUN 09 2005

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

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GAYLORD                 39.65N 98.85W
06/09/2005                   SMITH              KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. REPORTS OF 6 TO 8 INCH DIAMETER
            WINDS DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY...INCLUDING SMITH
            CENTER.

&&

LEWIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Webster	47 min
Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	45 min
Jun 9, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay	46 min
Jun 9, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	64 min
Jun 9, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan	51 min
Jun 9, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Kearney	43 min
Jun 9, 7:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Rooks	57 min
Jun 9, 7:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	60 min
Jun 9, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	53 min
Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	39 min
Jun 9, 8:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Jewell, Osborne, Rooks, Smith	6 hr
Jun 9, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	66 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.