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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Hastings, NE

June 24, 2006Hamilton County, Merrick County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2006, 5:07 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Merrick County, Nebraska. It was in force for 53 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 24, 2006, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2006, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hamilton County, NE, Merrick County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2006-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 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 2006-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
787 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 24, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
250 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY. MAIN FORECAST
CHALLENGE WILL BE TIMING AND PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION FOR
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

ON WATER VAPOR THERE IS A SUBTLE DISTURBANCE DETECTED TO THE
NORTHWEST THAT IS ENTERING NEBRASKA FROM WYOMING. WITH VARIOUS
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES LEFT IN THE REGION I FELT IT WAS PRUDENT TO PUT
ISOLATED CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
ONE BOUNDARY IS NOTED TO THE NORTH WITH SOME CONVECTION ALREADY
ONGOING AND ANOTHER IS IN OUR SOUTHWEST. I SUSPECT THAT THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIE OUT BY ABOUT 10 PM AS THERE IS
NOT MUCH MORE TO SUPPORT THEM OTHER THAN INSTABILITY DUE TO
INSOLATION UNLESS THERE IS SOME SORT OF COLD POOL INTERACTION THAT
I AM NOT ANTICIPATING. DO NOT BELIEVE WE WILL GET ANYTHING SEVERE
WITH THIS ACTIVITY. THEN THERE SHOULD BE A LULL UNTIL NEAR DAWN
WHEN THE EXPECTED SHORTWAVE TRAILING FROM AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
TO THE NORTHWEST WILL BEGIN SWINGING THROUGH. I HELD ON TO THE
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION A LITTLE LONGER THAN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST
IN THE SOUTH AS EVEN THE FASTER NAM IS INDICATING THAT THE
SHORTWAVE TROUGH AXIS WILL NOT PASS THROUGH THE CWA COMPLETELY
UNTIL AFTERNOON. LOWERED TEMPERATURES FOR SUNDAY WITH A BIT MORE
CLOUD COVER AND LOWER 850 MB TEMPERATURES THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGH.
FROM THEN ON I GENERALLY LOWERED SKY COVER FROM BEFORE AS
SUBSIDENCE TAKES OVER AN UPPER LEVEL WIND DIRECTION TAKES A BIT
MORE OF A NORTH COMPONENT.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.  AN AMPLIFIED NORTHWEST FLOW
PATTERN IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS DURING THE EXTENDED
PORTION OF THE FORECAST...WITH AN UPPER RIDGE AXIS OVER THE
ROCKIES...AND A TROUGH TO THE EAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND
GREAT LAKES REGION.  SEVERAL SHORTWAVES TROUGHS ROTATING ON THE BACK
SIDE OF THE UPPER LOW WILL BRING AN OUTSIDE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
TO OUR REGION.  SHORTWAVES TROUGHS ARE DIFFICULT TO TIME...AND FOR
NOW HAVE MAINTAINED FORECAST CONSISTENCY AND KEPT PCPN CHANCES IN
THE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIME FRAMES.  WILL MONITOR
TRENDS BEFORE INSERTING POPS IN LATER TIME PERIODS.  OVERALL
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR BELOW NORMAL IN THIS PATTERN.

&&

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

HEINLEIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 11:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1146 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
251200-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
1146 AM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...AN
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARDS ARE STRONG WINDS TO 60 MPH AND
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. ALL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE
DANGEROUS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY...MAINLY EARLY...BUT
THESE STORMS WILL BE NON-SEVERE.

THERE ARE SLIGHT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

HEINLEIN

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 2:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
220 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1220 AM     TSTM WND GST     GOTHENBURG              40.93N 100.16W
06/24/2006  M66.00 MPH       DAWSON             NE   UTILITY COMPANY

1248 AM     HAIL             LEXINGTON               40.78N 99.74W
06/24/2006  M0.75 INCH       DAWSON             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0100 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MILLER                  40.93N 99.39W
06/24/2006                   BUFFALO            NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            MULTIPLE LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN

0100 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 N LEXINGTON           40.85N 99.74W
06/24/2006  E60.00 MPH       DAWSON             NE   PUBLIC

0130 AM     TSTM WND GST     LOOMIS                  40.48N 99.51W
06/24/2006  E60.00 MPH       PHELPS             NE   PUBLIC

0130 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WILSONVILLE             40.11N 100.11W
06/24/2006                   FURNAS             NE   PUBLIC

            MINOR CROP DAMAGE FROM WIND AND HAIL

0200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 E OXFORD              40.25N 99.59W
06/24/2006                   HARLAN             NE   PUBLIC

            MEDIUM TO LARGE SIZE TREE LIMBS DOWN

&&

MONTEFUSCO
Local storm report, Jun 24, 2:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
233 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     TSTM WND GST     JOHNSON LAKE            40.68N 99.85W
06/24/2006  M70 MPH          GOSPER             NE   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

MONTEFUSCO
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
345 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

NEZ040-242115-
GREELEY-
345 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR GREELEY COUNTY...

AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GREELEY...OR 37 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BURWELL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL GREELEY COUNTY AT 350 PM CDT
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY AT 400 PM CDT

DIME SIZE HAIL IS 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:37 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
437 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

NEZ047-048-242215-
HOWARD-MERRICK-
437 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD AND WESTERN MERRICK COUNTIES...

AT 432 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALMER...OR 18 MILES NORTH
OF GRAND ISLAND...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ST. LIBORY AT 445 PM CDT...
  CHAPMAN AT 455 PM CDT...

DIME SIZE HAIL IS 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.

AWJ
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:44 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
444 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

NEZ062-242230-
HALL-
444 PM CDT SAT JUN 24 2006

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY...

AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ST. LIBORY...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF GRAND
ISLAND...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAND ISLAND AT 505 PM CDT...

DIME SIZE HAIL IS 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.

AWJ
Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:03 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson63 min
Jun 24, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper54 min
Jun 24, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman43 min
Jun 24, 12:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson23 min
Jun 24, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps37 min
Jun 24, 1:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper48 min
Jun 24, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan57 min
Jun 24, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard55 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.