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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2006, 8:20 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
- May 31, 2006, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2006, 8:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 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 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 May 31, 3:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 305 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 .SHORT TERM...FORECAST FOCUS IS THE RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. TWO AREAS OF CONCERN SHOW UP. ONE IS THROUGH EARLY EVENING AS WEAK CONVERGENCE NEAR/IN SOUTHEAST/EASTERN CWFA. INCREASED MOISTURE OVER SOUTHEAST CWFA COULD BE ENOUGH TO POP A FEW STORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING. STORMS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE WILL WORK EAST...THEN SOUTHEAST BY LATE EVENING AND MORE LIKELY TO IMPACT THE SOUTHWEST CWFA. AS THIS HAPPENS...UPPER TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE CWFA THROUGH THE NIGHT. ALL OF THIS SPELLS RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS...AND BROAD BRUSHED WITH ISOLATED/SCATTERED CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. TROUGH PASSES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING LEAVING A VERY PLEASANT DAY. SOME DISCUSSION REGARDING RETURN FLOW AND OVERNIGHT MID LEVEL CONVECTION BUT HELD OFF FOR NOW. .LONG TERM...12Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE WITH A COOL FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. A WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE RIDGE ON SATURDAY...BUT THERE IS NOT MUCH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AND THE SURFACE FRONT IS FAR ENOUGH TO THE WEST THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANYTHING TO INITIATE ON. THE SURFACE FRONT REMAINS TO THE WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. DURING THAT TIME THERE WILL BE SOUTH WINDS AND TEMPERATURES AT 850MB ARE EXPECTED TO BE 20 TO 24 DEC C. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR WARM TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...A SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA AND IOWA. SINCE THERE IS LITTLE MOISTURE IN THIS AREA AND THE UPPER SUPPORT IS TO THE EAST...EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE NO PRECIPITATION WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH...THE TEMPERATURES ONLY BRIEFLY DROP BELOW 20 DEG C AT 850MB BEFORE WARMING BACK UP AGAIN. THE COOLER AIR SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED AND NOT VERY COOL TO BEGIN WITH. ONLY HAVE A FEW DEGREES COOLER FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY THAN OVER THE WEEKEND. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. 05/JCB
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 5:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 6:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 636 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 KSZ019-010000- MITCHELL- 636 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MITCHELL COUNTY... AT 633 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SIMPSON...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Local storm report, May 31, 7:38 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
738 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0720 PM HEAVY RAIN SIMPSON 39.39N 97.93W
05/31/2006 M2.25 INCH MITCHELL KS TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAIN LASTED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR
&&
KINGSpecial weather statement, May 31, 8:10 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 810 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 KSZ007-010145- JEWELL- 810 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR JEWELL COUNTY... AT 806 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FORMOSO...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN JEWELL COUNTY AT 820 PM CDT DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 10:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Thayer | 6 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.