Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2008, 6:03 PM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 min. 3 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
- Jun 20, 2008, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dawson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 8 N Cozad, NE | QUARTER SIZE HAIL FELL FOR 10 MINUTES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 20, 6:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 Nne Cozad, NE | HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE FELL FOR AROUND 10 MINUTES...BREAKING WINDOW ON HOUSE AND DAMAGING SIDING. CONSIDERABLE CROP DAMAGE REPORTED IN THE AREA. |
| Jun 20, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Ne Cozad, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1296 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGID 202303 SVRGID NEC047-202345- /O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0252.080620T2303Z-080620T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 603 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON. * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES NORTH OF COZAD...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COZAD BY 625 PM CDT LEXINGTON BY 645 PM CDT THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 219 AND 235. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4105 10006 4105 9973 4079 9950 4071 10003 TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 334DEG 25KT 4106 9990 $$ PFANNKUCH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGID 202321 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 621 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 NEC047-202345- /O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080620T2345Z/ DAWSON NE- 621 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY... AT 618 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF COZAD...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LEXINGTON BY 645 PM CDT THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 220 AND 235. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4105 10006 4105 9973 4079 9950 4071 10003 TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 334DEG 25KT 4094 9988 $$ PFANNKUCH
000 WWUS53 KGID 202335 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 634 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 NEC047-202345- /O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080620T2345Z/ DAWSON NE- 634 PM CDT FRI JUN 20 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY... AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COZAD...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 29 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LEXINGTON BY 645 PM CDT THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 220 AND 235. AT 634 PM...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF COZAD. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 4105 10006 4105 9973 4079 9950 4071 10003 TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 334DEG 25KT 4089 9989 $$ PFANNKUCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Valley | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Sherman | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick | 33 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.