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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Hastings, NE

June 16, 2006Clay County, Nuckolls County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2006, 4:48 PM CDT for Clay County, Nuckolls County, Nebraska. It was in force for 43 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 16, 2006, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2006, 5:31 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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 16, 1:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2006-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 97 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2006-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
97 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1339 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 16, 3:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
306 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-075>077-171200-
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-
HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-
306 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INTO THE EVENING HOURS TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
MAINLY NORTH OF A GENEVA...TO HASTINGS...LEXINGTON LINE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THROUGH MID
EVENING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
EXPECTED...WITH LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND WIND
GUSTS OVER 60 MPH LIKELY. HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR
ON A LOCALIZED BASIS.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY
DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FEW LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR OVER PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

THERE IS ANOTHER SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH AT LEAST LATE EVENING.
KEEP IN MIND...ONE WAY STORM REPORTS CAN BE SENT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...IS THROUGH THE INTERNET PROGRAM AVAILABLE ON OUR
HOME PAGE CALLED...E SPOTTER. IT IS QUICK...EASY...AND A DIRECT
LINK FOR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTING.

&&

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

KSZ005-NEZ072>074-082>084-171200-
PHILLIPS-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
306 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WATCH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SOUTH AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM ELWOOD...TO MINDEN...TO FRANKLIN...AND THEN
PHILLIPSBURG.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SEVERE
WEATHER LIKELY. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE THE MOST LIKELY HAZARDS. THOUGH THE
RISK IS SMALL...AN ISOLATED...BRIEF TORNADO IS POSSIBLE LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY IN THE EVENING.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER...HEAVY RAIN OF 2 TO 3 INCHES
MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY
DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FEW LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR OVER PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

THERE IS ANOTHER SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH AT LEAST LATE EVENING.
KEEP IN MIND...ONE WAY STORM REPORTS CAN BE SENT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...IS THROUGH THE INTERNET PROGRAM AVAILABLE ON OUR
HOME PAGE CALLED...E SPOTTER. IT IS QUICK...EASY...AND A DIRECT
LINK FOR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTING.

&&

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

KSZ006-007-017>019-NEZ085>087-171200-
SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
306 PM CDT FRI JUN 16 2006

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED LATE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER TAKEN BY AN
ORGANIZED AREA OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE
IN FROM THE WEST. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE
OF GOLF BALLS...AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. AN ISOLATED...BRIEF
TORNADO MAKE OCCUR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT THE
OVERALL TORNADO RISK IS LOW.

HEAVY RAIN IN EXCESS OF 2 OR 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...AND MAY RESULT IN SOME ISOLATED LOW LAND FLOODING.

THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FEW LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR OVER PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT NO SEVERE
WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

THERE IS ANOTHER SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. KEEP IN
MIND...ONE WAY STORM REPORTS CAN BE SENT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...IS THROUGH THE INTERNET PROGRAM AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME
PAGE CALLED...E SPOTTER. IT IS QUICK...EASY...AND A DIRECT LINK
FOR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTING.

&&

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

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps55 min
Jun 15, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall29 min
Jun 15, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Merrick43 min
Jun 15, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin42 min
Jun 16, 2:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchGIDFranklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps10 hr
Jun 16, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas62 min
Jun 16, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk45 min
Jun 16, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan46 min
Jun 16, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Kearney58 min
Jun 16, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin41 min
Jun 16, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo39 min
Jun 16, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Webster48 min
Jun 16, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall48 min
Jun 16, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton48 min
Jun 15, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.