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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2008, 5:46 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
- May 23, 2008, 5:46 AM CDT (10:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2008, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 2192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1576 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 313 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 17.0
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 May 23, 5:18 AM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 5:18 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 5:21 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 521 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ060>064-072>077-082>087-241200- ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLAY-DAWSON-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-FURNAS-GOSPER-HALL- HAMILTON-HARLAN-JEWELL-KEARNEY-MITCHELL-NUCKOLLS-OSBORNE-PHELPS- PHILLIPS-ROOKS-SMITH-THAYER-WEBSTER-YORK- 521 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. EXPECTED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. A VAST MAJORITY OF THE STORMS THIS MORNING WILL BE NON SEVERE...BUT THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD BE SEVERE FOR A BRIEF TIME...WITH MAIN HAZARD QUARTER SIZE HAIL LATER TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. THOSE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST...AND BRING THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE REGION. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY AND POTENTIALLY FLOODING RAINFALL. THERE IS A LIMITED RISK FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...PRIMARILY SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON NEBRASKA TO OSBORNE KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...PRIMARILY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACT QUICKLY AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) NEZ039>041-046>049-241200- GREELEY-HOWARD-MERRICK-NANCE-POLK-SHERMAN-VALLEY- 521 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY...AND INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS GUSTS TO 60 MPH THE MAIN HAZARDS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE AFTER 6 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...PRIMARILY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 23, 12:47 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1247 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 KSZ007-NEZ085-086-230615- JEWELL-NUCKOLLS-WEBSTER- 1247 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS SOUTHWESTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 1243 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GUIDE ROCK TO ESBON TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF IONIA...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MANKATO BY 100 AM CDT WEBBER BY 110 AM CDT SMALL 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, May 23, 5:25 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 525 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 NEZ074-084-231100- FRANKLIN-KEARNEY- 525 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 524 AM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR HILDRETH...OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOLDREGE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 44 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HILDRETH BY 530 AM CDT AXTELL BY 540 AM CDT MINDEN BY 545 AM CDT HEARTWELL BY 555 AM CDT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE 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. JCB
Special weather statement, May 23, 5:28 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 528 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 NEZ062-063-075-076-231100- ADAMS-CLAY-HALL-HAMILTON- 528 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HASTINGS. NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 524 AM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEAR JUNIATA...OR 7 MILES WEST OF HASTINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HASTINGS BY 535 AM CDT HANSEN BY 545 AM CDT TRUMBULL BY 550 AM CDT THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 310 AND 313. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE 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. JCB
Special weather statement, May 23, 5:35 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 535 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 NEZ072-073-082-083-231100- FURNAS-GOSPER-HARLAN-PHELPS- 535 AM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR... EASTERN FURNAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHEASTERN GOSPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHWESTERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHWESTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AT 533 AM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 6 MILES SOUTH OF BEAVER CITY...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF NORTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BEAVER CITY BY 540 AM CDT HOLLINGER BY 545 AM CDT EDISON BY 550 AM CDT OXFORD BY 555 AM CDT PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE 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. JCB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 48 min |
| May 22, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Harlan | 51 min |
| May 22, 8:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 22, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 47 min |
| May 22, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 44 min |
| May 22, 8:56 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 2 hr |
| May 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan and 2 more | 38 min |
| May 22, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan | 44 min |
| May 22, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 29 min |
| May 22, 9:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 3 hr |
| May 22, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Kearney, Phelps and 1 more | 44 min |
| May 22, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Franklin, Webster | 52 min |
| May 22, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Kearney and 1 more | 49 min |
| May 22, 10:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Franklin | 4 hr |
| May 22, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 50 min |
| May 22, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 42 min |
| May 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick, Webster | 45 min |
| May 22, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance and 2 more | 38 min |
| May 22, 11:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Webster | 4 hr |
| May 23, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 37 min |
| May 23, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Franklin, Webster | 6 hr |
| May 23, 1:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Nuckolls | 67 min |
| May 23, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more | 24 hr |
| May 23, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 25 min |
| May 23, 6:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan, Webster | 6 hr |
| May 23, 8:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 6 hr |
| May 23, 9:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Dawson | 28 hr |
| May 23, 9:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Buffalo | 6 hr |
| May 23, 9:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 4 hr |
| May 23, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 46 min |
| May 23, 10:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Buffalo | 4 hr |
| May 23, 12:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Webster | 57 hr |
| May 23, 1:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Adams, Hall, Kearney | 6 hr |
| May 23, 2:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Webster | 67 hr |
| May 23, 2:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Dawson | 3 days |
| May 23, 3:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Buffalo | 4 days |
| May 23, 3:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Clay, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk | 4 hr |
| May 23, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 67 min |
| May 23, 3:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Dawson | 3 hr |
| May 23, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Howard, Merrick | 17 min |
| May 23, 5:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Hamilton, Polk, York | 3 hr |
| May 23, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 38 min |
| May 22, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 47 min |
| May 22, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 30 min |
| May 22, 9:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Phillips | 4 hr |
| May 22, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 29 min |
| May 22, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 35 min |
| May 22, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 33 min |
| May 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Smith | 4 hr |
| May 22, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 32 min |
| May 22, 11:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Rooks | 4 hr |
| May 22, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 29 min |
| May 23, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 23 min |
| May 23, 12:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 6 hr |
| May 23, 1:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Phillips | 7 hr |
| May 23, 3:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Rooks | 14 hr |
| May 23, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks | 25 min |
| May 23, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 27 min |
| May 23, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 4 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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.