Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2008, 6:14 PM CDT for Furnas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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 18, 2008, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Furnas County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 18, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -452 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 18, 3:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 4:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 415 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 191200- 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- 415 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FROM THE WEST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...AND THEN CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. SOME SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THE MAIN HAZARDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO OSBORNE KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE RECENTLY...THERE ARE SEVERAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. AFTER THAT...THE NEXT RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING WEST OF A LINE FROM KEARNEY NEBRASKA TO OSBORNE KANSAS. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:17 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 517 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 NEZ072-082-182245- FURNAS-GOSPER- 517 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... FURNAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHERN GOSPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF HOLBROOK TO BARTLEY TO 19 MILES WEST OF LEBANON...AND MOVING EAST AT 36 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... HOLBROOK BY 525 PM CDT ARAPAHOE BY 530 PM CDT WILSONVILLE BY 540 PM CDT HENDLEY BY 545 PM CDT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:43 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 543 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 NEZ082-182315- FURNAS- 543 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... SOUTHWESTERN FURNAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILSONVILLE...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WILSONVILLE BY 555 PM CDT HENDLEY BY 610 PM CDT BEAVER CITY BY 615 PM CDT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:52 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 552 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 NEZ039-046-182330- SHERMAN-VALLEY- 552 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... NORTHERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA VALLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ORD. AT 550 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 5 MILES NORTH OF COMSTOCK...OR 15 MILES WEST OF ORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... FORT HARTSUFF STATE PARK... ELYRIA... ORD... ARCADIA... DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE 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. PFANNKUCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Valley | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Valley | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Polk, York | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 45 min |
| Jun 18, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 2:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks, Smith | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 49 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.