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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 312, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2008, 6:52 AM CDT for York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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
- Jul 5, 2008, 6:52 AM CDT (11:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2008, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County York County, NE
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 267 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jul 5, 6:35 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:35 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 535 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 NEZ049-064-077-087-061200- POLK-YORK-FILLMORE-THAYER- 535 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 81. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 81 ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA STARTING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS LOOK FAVORABLE FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME FRAME WITH THE HIGHEST THREAT EXISTING NORTH OF A PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS TO GENEVA NEBRASKA LINE. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY STORMS THAT DO BECOME SEVERE DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AROUND SUNRISE THIS MORNING FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 81 ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>048-060>063-072>076-082>086- 061200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS- KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS- 535 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG WITH PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WEST OF HIGHWAY 81. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA STARTING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS LOOK FAVORABLE FOR A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME FRAME WITH THE HIGHEST THREAT EXISTING NORTH OF A PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS TO GENEVA NEBRASKA LINE. DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 70 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY STORMS THAT DO BECOME SEVERE DURING THIS PERIOD. .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)
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 7:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Polk, York | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore | 31 min |
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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.