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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Hastings, NE

June 5, 2008Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2008, 2:50 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 5, 10:55 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 226 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2008-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1646 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2008-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 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
1646 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-402 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
392 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 5, 11:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 11:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 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 10 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

&&

LEW
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:11 PM CDT, 39 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, 33 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.

&&

LEW
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:26 PM CDT, 24 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, 8 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, 7 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.

&&

LEW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman39 min
Jun 4, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney, Phelps51 min
Jun 4, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Sherman31 min
Jun 4, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall62 min
Jun 4, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork14 min
Jun 4, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick55 min
Jun 4, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper40 min
Jun 4, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer44 min
Jun 4, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson39 min
Jun 4, 9:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDThayer4 hr
Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer, Webster60 min
Jun 4, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer63 min
Jun 4, 9:54 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Polk, York38 hr
Jun 4, 9:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Nance, Sherman, Valley12 hr
Jun 4, 10:07 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDDawson, Gosper, Phelps20 hr
Jun 4, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster66 min
Jun 4, 10:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall20 hr
Jun 4, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster47 min
Jun 4, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper, Phelps40 min
Jun 4, 10:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster3 hr
Jun 4, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer34 min
Jun 4, 10:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFillmore4 hr
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGosper, Phelps20 min
Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps35 min
Jun 4, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton and 5 more62 min
Jun 4, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper46 min
Jun 4, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper, Kearney, Phelps27 min
Jun 4, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps24 min
Jun 4, 11:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDClay3 hr
Jun 4, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Hall, Howard, Sherman50 min
Jun 4, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps46 min
Jun 4, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Kearney, Phelps and 1 more46 min
Jun 5, 12:05 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps25 min
Jun 5, 12:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDKearney2 hr
Jun 5, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer24 min
Jun 5, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York60 min
Jun 5, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Franklin, Kearney, Nuckolls, Webster46 min
Jun 5, 12:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 3 more48 min
Jun 5, 12:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDAdams107 min
Jun 5, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 6 more43 min
Jun 5, 1:26 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer, Webster10 hr
Jun 5, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York34 min
Jun 5, 2:30 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDAdams, Kearney18 hr
Jun 5, 2:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDClay, Fillmore32 hr
Jun 5, 3:57 AM CDTWind AdvisoryGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hamilton, Nuckolls and 4 more15 hr
Jun 5, 9:47 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDHoward, Sherman26 hr
Jun 5, 9:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDNance10 hr
Jun 5, 9:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDNance17 hr
Jun 5, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick45 min
Jun 5, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley40 min
Jun 5, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney24 min
Jun 5, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas43 min
Jun 5, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps38 min
Jun 5, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley42 min
Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster35 min
Jun 5, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton and 4 more40 min
Jun 5, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard34 min
Jun 5, 5:56 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDHall54 hr
Jun 5, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton and 5 more44 min
Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell16 min
Jun 5, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDRooks29 min
Jun 5, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.