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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Hastings, NE

May 14, 2007York County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2007, 6:09 PM CDT for York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 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 14, 2007, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2007, 7:03 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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
May 14, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2007-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 106 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 2007-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-500 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 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 May 14, 5:50 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 5:50 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:43 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
543 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

NEZ039>041-046-047-151200-
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-
543 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ALONG
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LOUP CITY TO SAINT PAUL TO FULLERTON.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...CONDITIONS
WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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)

NEZ060-061-072-082-151200-
DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-FURNAS-
543 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ALONG
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KEARNEY TO HOLDREDGE TO BEAVER CITY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...CONDITIONS
WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
WHICH MAY PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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)

NEZ048-049-151200-
MERRICK-POLK-
543 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MERRICK AND POLK COUNTIES IN
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL
IN EXCESS OF THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...CONDITIONS WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WHICH MAY
PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

&&

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

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ062>064-073>077-083>087-151200-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
543 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA THAT ARE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LOUP CITY TO
SAINT PAUL TO FULLERTON...AND ALSO ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
KEARNEY TO HOLDREDGE TO BEAVER CITY. PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS OUTLOOK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL
IN EXCESS OF THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...CONDITIONS WILL BE
FAVORABLE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WHICH MAY
PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

&&

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, May 14, 5:43 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
543 PM CDT MON MAY 14 2007

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

0505 PM     HAIL             WILCOX                  40.36N 99.17W
05/14/2007  M1.00 INCH       KEARNEY            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, May 14, 6:05 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
May 14, 9:18 AM CDTFlood WatchGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 11 more18 hr
May 14, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall72 min
May 14, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney62 min
May 14, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan76 min
May 14, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay56 min
May 14, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin54 min
May 14, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore63 min
May 14, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips25 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.