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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Hastings, NE
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 10:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 27, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 55 min |
| Jun 27, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 62 min |
| Jun 27, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 67 min |
| Jun 27, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 53 min |
| Jun 28, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Valley | 55 min |
| Jun 28, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley | 47 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.