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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 2:47 PM CDT for Adams County, Franklin County, Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 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 5, 2008, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2008, 3:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Adams County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Kearney County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 5, 11:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 11:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 100 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 061200- 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- 100 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN OUTBREAK OF DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...AND SOME TORNADOES ARE LIKELY. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG...AND LONGER TRACK TORNADOES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND EVOLVE QUICKLY... WITH STORM MOTIONS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH OR MORE. IT APPEARS THIS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA BY THE LATE EVENING HOURS. FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...AS HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IS POSSIBLE OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOIL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. SEE THE LATEST FLASH FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION. FINALLY...A WIND ADVISORY GOES INTO EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM OSCEOLA NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS. SEE THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH A POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEED THROUGH THIS EVENING. SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER...AND THE NEED FOR RAPID DEPLOYMENT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1040 AM CDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1029 AM TSTM WND GST 4 W AURORA 40.87N 98.08W
06/05/2008 E60.00 MPH HAMILTON NE EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
LEWSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 2:11 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 211 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 KSZ019-051945- MITCHELL- 211 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BELOIT. AT 209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF BELOIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... ASHERVILLE... SCOTTSVILLE... BELOIT... SMALL 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS POSTED FOR THE AREA.
Local storm report, Jun 5, 2:17 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
217 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM FLOOD 4 NE BRUNING 40.38N 97.51W
06/05/2008 FILLMORE NE EMERGENCY MNGR
BRUNING DAM NEARLY TOPPING THE RIP RAP ON TOP OF DAM AND
READY TO OVERFLOW INTO SPILLWAY.
0200 PM FLOOD 4 N BRUNING 40.39N 97.56W
06/05/2008 FILLMORE NE EMERGENCY MNGR
BIG SANDY OUT OF BANK NORTH OF BRUNING IN FILLMORE
COUNTY.
&&
LEWSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 2:26 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 226 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 NEZ061-074-084-052000- BUFFALO-FRANKLIN-KEARNEY- 226 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... EASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EXTREME NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EASTERN KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 222 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORMAN...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEARNEY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 41 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... HEARTWELL... SHELTON... A SECOND THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEARNEY AND WAS ALSO MOVING NORTH AT 41 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. EWALD
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:42 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 242 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 KSZ019-052015- MITCHELL- 242 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LINCOLN...OR 31 MILES SOUTH OF BELOIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 59 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... SIMPSON... RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MITCHELL COUNTY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 14... PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE IN SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED IF THE STORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA. BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. A TORNADO WATCH IS POSTED FOR THE AREA.
Local storm report, Jun 5, 2:43 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
243 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM FLOOD 5 S CAIRO 40.93N 98.61W
06/05/2008 HALL NE CO-OP OBSERVER
ON HIGHWAY 11 AT PRAIRIE CREEK AT 5.2 FEET AND CREEK OUT
OF BANK. LOWLAND FLOODING IN FIELDS.
&&
LEWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Sherman | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | York | 14 min |
| Jun 4, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 9:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Thayer | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster | 60 min |
| Jun 4, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 9:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Polk, York | 38 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Nance, Sherman, Valley | 12 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 20 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Webster | 66 min |
| Jun 4, 10:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall | 20 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 10:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 10:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Fillmore | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Gosper, Phelps | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton and 5 more | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper, Kearney, Phelps | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 11:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Clay | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Hall, Howard, Sherman | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Kearney, Phelps and 1 more | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 12:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 12:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Kearney | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 60 min |
| Jun 5, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Franklin, Kearney, Nuckolls, Webster | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 3 more | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 12:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Adams | 107 min |
| Jun 5, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 6 more | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 1:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster | 10 hr |
| Jun 5, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 2:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Adams, Kearney | 18 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore | 32 hr |
| Jun 5, 3:57 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hamilton, Nuckolls and 4 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Howard, Sherman | 26 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Nance | 10 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Nance | 17 hr |
| Jun 5, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman, Valley | 42 min |
| Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Webster | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton and 4 more | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 5:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Hall | 54 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton and 5 more | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell | 16 min |
| Jun 5, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.