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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

March 30, 2006Adams County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2006, 12:26 PM CST for Adams County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports 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
Mar 30, 2006, 12:26 PM CST (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2006, 1:05 PM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Adams County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 30, 12:32 PM CSTHAIL 14 N Holstein, NE
Mar 30, 12:50 PM CSTHAIL 0.51 Sw Hastings, NE

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 30, 8:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2006-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2006-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1139 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGID 301827
SVRGID
NEC001-301915-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0021.060330T1826Z-060330T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1226 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 115 PM CST

* AT 1222 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HOLSTEIN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  HASTINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KENESAW AT 1240 PM CST...
  PROSSER AT 1245 PM CST...

PEOPLE IN ADAMS COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM.  


LAT...LON 4035 9871 4035 9829 4069 9829 4068 9869

$$

FAY
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGID 301841
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1241 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

NEC001-301915-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060330T1915Z/
ADAMS NE-
1241 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST
FOR ADAMS COUNTY...

AT 1236 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PROSSER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF
HASTINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY AT 1250 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH  REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING 
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4035 9871 4035 9829 4069 9829 4068 9869

$$

FAY
000 
WWUS53 KGID 301848
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1248 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

NEC001-301915-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060330T1915Z/
ADAMS NE-
1248 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST
FOR ADAMS COUNTY...

AT 1246 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HASTINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY AT 100 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING 
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4035 9871 4035 9829 4069 9829 4068 9869

$$

FAY
000 
WWUS53 KGID 301905
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
105 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

NEC001-301915-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060330T1915Z/
ADAMS NE-
105 PM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ADAMS 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING 
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4035 9871 4035 9829 4069 9829 4068 9869

$$

FAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 6:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls39 min
Mar 30, 9:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall13 min
Mar 30, 10:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo27 min
Mar 30, 11:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney36 min
Mar 30, 12:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall35 min
Mar 30, 1:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall19 min
Mar 30, 1:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance35 min
Mar 30, 1:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Polk, York48 min
Mar 30, 2:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster59 min
Mar 30, 3:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams29 min
Mar 30, 3:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls50 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.