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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Hastings, NE

July 5, 2008Fillmore County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2008, 8:14 AM CDT for Fillmore County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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, 8:14 AM CDT (13:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2008, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Fillmore County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-451 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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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 Jul 5, 6:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 5:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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)

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 6:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York56 min
Jul 5, 6:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork38 min
Jul 5, 7:30 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDPolk, York3 hr

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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.