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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Hastings, NE

July 25, 2005Mitchell County, Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2005, 5:58 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2005, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 6:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 603 E Glen Elder, KSPOWER POLES DOWNED IN MULTIPLE PLACES BETWEEN GLEN ELDER AND BELOIT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 225 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 175 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
175 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-367 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGID 252258
SVRGID
KSC123-141-260000-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0252.050725T2258Z-050726T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
558 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNS...OR ABOUT 43 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAWKER CITY AT 610 PM CDT...
  GLEN ELDER AT 620 PM CDT...
  BELOIT AT 635 PM CDT...
  ASHERVILLE AT 640 PM CDT...
  SCOTTSVILLE AT 650 PM CDT...

PEOPLE IN OSBORNE AND MITCHELL COUNTIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS IN 
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

LAT...LON 3948 9878 3926 9865 3932 9793 3956 9793
      3956 9860

$$

JCB
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGID 252311
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
610 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

KSC123-141-260000-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050726T0000Z/
OSBORNE KS-MITCHELL KS-
610 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
MITCHELL AND OSBORNE COUNTIES...

AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
TIPTON...OR ABOUT 48 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  TIPTON...
  CAWKER CITY...
  GLEN ELDER...
  BELOIT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG 
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3949 9870 3922 9866 3932 9793 3956 9793
      3956 9860

$$

JCB
000 
WWUS53 KGID 252348
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
647 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

KSC123-141-260000-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050726T0000Z/
OSBORNE KS-MITCHELL KS-
647 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
MITCHELL AND OSBORNE COUNTIES...

AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TIPTON...OR ABOUT 44
MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  GLEN ELDER...
  BELOIT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3952 9880 3919 9877 3932 9793 3956 9793
      3956 9860

$$

JCB
000 
WWUS53 KGID 252359
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
659 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

KSC123-141-260009-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-050726T0000Z/
OSBORNE KS-MITCHELL KS-
659 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MITCHELL AND OSBORNE COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 700 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 3952 9880 3919 9877 3932 9793 3956 9793
      3956 9860

$$

JCB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.