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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Hastings, NE

June 28, 2005Franklin County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2005, 1:44 AM CDT for Franklin County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 28, 2005, 1:44 AM CDT (06:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2005, 2:20 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Franklin County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 27, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2636 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2005-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGID 280644
SVRGID
NEC061-280745-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0213.050628T0644Z-050628T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
144 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 143 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FRANKLIN...OR ABOUT 31 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RIVERTON AT 155 AM CDT...
  HILDRETH AT 225 AM CDT...
  UPLAND AT 235 AM CDT...
  CAMPBELL AT 240 AM CDT...

PEOPLE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF HALF DOLLARS.

LAT...LON 4000 9917 4033 9917 4033 9873 4000 9873

$$
HEINLEIN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGID 280705
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
204 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2005

NEC061-280745-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-050628T0745Z/
FRANKLIN NE-
204 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM CDT FOR
FRANKLIN COUNTY...

AT 159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FRANKLIN...OR ABOUT 29 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HOLDREGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  UPLAND AT 240 AM CDT...
  CAMPBELL AT 245 AM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO HAIL...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS 
ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR 
THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4000 9917 4033 9917 4033 9873 4000 9873

$$

FAY
000 
WWUS53 KGID 280720
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
221 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2005

NEC061-280731-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-050628T0745Z/
FRANKLIN NE-
221 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES
THROUGH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4000 9917 4033 9917 4033 9873 4000 9873

$$

FAY

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 27, 3:08 PM CDT, 10 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 3:08 PM CDT, 10 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
308 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  MAJOR CONCERNS
THROUGH THIS PERIOD REVOLVE AROUND PRECIP CHANCES TONIGHT AND THEN
AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH TEMPS EACH DAY.  EARLY AFTN
ANALYSIS REVEALED NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY LAID ACROSS THE
AREA...ROUGHLY FROM KMCK TO KODX TO KFSD.  SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...
ISOLD CONVECTION HAD FIRED NEAR KJYR EARLY THIS AFTN OWING TO AREA
OF GOOD LOW/MID-LEVEL WARM ADVECTION ALONG WITH GOOD MORNING HEATING
AND RESULTANT INSTABILITY.

BOUNDARY WILL MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS UNTIL VERY LATE TONIGHT AS BEST
PRESSURE RISES REMAIN WELL TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA.  WEAK
SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO WESTERN NE/SD THIS EVENING COMBINED WITH
INCREASINGLY EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE HIGH PLAINS NORTH OF THE
BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY KICK OFF ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION ALONG AND
JUST NORTH OF BOUNDARY TONIGHT.  AS CONVECTION MOVES EAST ALONG THE
BOUNDARY...IT WILL COME INTO AN INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT
AS ALL MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE DEVELOPING COUPLED JET STRUCTURE
AND ENHANCED DIVERGENCE ALOFT...WHICH...COMBINED WITH INCREASING LLJ
INTO CENTRAL NE...SHOULD HELP SUSTAIN STORMS WELL INTO THE NIGHT.
THE ONLY REAL QUESTION IS JUST HOW FAR WEST THE STORMS WILL TRACK
OVERNIGHT.  PREVIOUS SYSTEMS OF A SIMILAR NATURE HAVE HAD A TENDENCY
TO END UP A BIT FARTHER WEST THAN INITIALLY FCST...SO HAVE MADE BEST
GUESS WITH HIGHER POPS...RUNNING ROUGHLY FROM KEAR TO KHJH AND NORTH.

ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO TEMPS TOMORROW AS LEFTOVER MORNING CLOUDS
WILL LIKELY HINDER WARMING TO SOME DEGREE.  HOWEVER...WITH H8 TEMPS
ONCE AGAIN SOARING TO AROUND 27C OR SO...FEEL 90S ARE AGAIN
WARRANTED AS STRONG AFTN SUNSHINE WILL ALLOW THINGS TO WARM
QUICKLY.  NEXT COLD FRONT SHOULD ARRIVE SOMETIME ON WEDNESDAY AS
STRONG NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE MOVES JUST NORTH OF THE AREA.  AS
SUCH...HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT TIMING OF THE FROPA AS EARLY TIMING
WILL CERTAINLY HINDER WARMING CONSIDERABLY FOR SOME AREAS.  FOR
NOW...HAVE GONE WITH A BLENDED APPROACH FOR FRONTAL POSITION...WHICH
WOULD PLACE THE FRONT SOMEWHERE NEAR THE STATE LINE.  AS SUCH...HAVE
LOWERED TEMPS JUST A BIT TO THE NORTH OF THIS AREA...HOWEVER
COMPRESSIONAL WARMING TO THE SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY COMBINED WITH H8
TEMPS OF 30C OR BETTER AND DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT OF LOW-LEVEL FLOW
SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS OVR THE SOUTH TO SOAR ABOVE 100.  AS NORTHERN
STREAM SHORTWAVE MOVES CLOSER WEDNESDAY NIGHT...EXPECT STORMS TO
ONCE AGAIN FIRE OVER AT LEAST PART OF THE AREA...AND FOR NOW HAVE
SIMPLY LEFT POPS IN PLACE OVR THE ENTIRE AREA TO MAINTAIN
CONSISTENCY FOR THIS PERIOD.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGE
RELATES TO CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ON SUNDAY AND THEN WARMING INTO
THE WEEKEND.

A COLD FRONT WILL SINK SOUTH OF OUR CWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TAKING HOT AND STICKY AIR WITH IT. THEREFORE...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
WILL BE REFRESHINGLY COOLER WITH MOST LOCATIONS IN THE LOW TO MID
80S.  HOWEVER...HOT WEATHER WILL QUICKLY RETURN ON SOUTHERLY FLOW
BY THE WEEKEND.  TEMPERATURES ON BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL
REACH INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S.  A WEAK SHORT WAVE WILL TRACK ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PLAINS LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.  EXACT TIMING AND
STRENGTH IS STILL QUESTIONABLE AND THE GREATEST THREAT OF
PRECIPITATION APPEARS TO BE NORTH AND EAST OF OUR CWA.  A STRONG
MID LEVEL CAP SHOULD INHIBIT CONVECTION ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA.
CONSEQUENTLY...HAVE CONTINUED WITH THE GOING FORECAST CALLING FOR
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND.  THE SYSTEM
WILL NEED TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED IN THE COMING DAYS AND
PRECIPITATION MAY NEED TO BE ADDED IF THE SHORT WAVE
COMES OUT OF THE ROCKIES STRONGER AND FURTHER SOUTH.

&&

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

&&

LAWRENCE/WESELY/MANNING
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin55 min
Jun 27, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster62 min
Jun 27, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk67 min
Jun 27, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick39 min
Jun 27, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson53 min
Jun 28, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper54 min
Jun 28, 12:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley55 min
Jun 28, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley47 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.