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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE

March 23, 20095 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 2009, 2:01 PM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 24 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
Mar 23, 2009, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2009, 2:25 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Merrick County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 23, 12:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2009-03-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2009-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 504 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
504 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
539 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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 Mar 23, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 23, 11:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1108 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

KSZ005-017-NEZ039>041-046>049-060-072-073-082-083-241200-
PHILLIPS-ROOKS-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-
DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS-HARLAN-
1108 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...GENERALLY NORTH OF I-80 AND
WEST OF HIGHWAY 183.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM...PRIMARILY
EAST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO PHILLIPSBURG. THE MAIN HAZARDS
FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF GOLF BALLS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...GENERALLY
EAST OF HIGHWAY 281.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

ON TUESDAY...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUST TO
40 MPH. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

KSZ006-007-018-019-NEZ061>064-074>077-084>087-241200-
SMITH-JEWELL-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-KEARNEY-
ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
1108 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-80
AND ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 183.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR WIND SPEEDS OF 35
TO 45 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOON AND 7 PM...PRIMARILY
EAST OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO PHILLIPSBURG. THE MAIN HAZARDS
FROM THE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF GOLF BALLS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...GENERALLY
EAST OF HIGHWAY 281.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 23, 1:43 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 23, 10:48 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hall and 6 more10 hr
Mar 23, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson38 min
Mar 23, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York42 min
Mar 23, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Polk25 min
Mar 23, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer33 min
Mar 23, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.