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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2009, 5:42 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Sherman County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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
- Jun 17, 2009, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2009, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buffalo County, NE, Sherman County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
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 Jun 17, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 2:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:05 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 505 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 181200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 505 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE EVENING AND RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BASEBALL SIZE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY IN THE VICINITY OF A WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTING NORTH INTO NEBRASKA. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND IN PHILLIPS....SMITH AND JEWELL COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 60 MPH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXIST INTERMITTENTLY FROM FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. && MA BETTER CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS ANOTHER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. && .DISCUSSION...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCH FROM NEAR CONGRESS TO PRESCOTT TO FLAGSTAFF TO KAYENTA. SOME OF THESE STORMS CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN. MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR PAGE. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT AS PART OF THE TROUGH PULLS NORTHEAST OF ARIZONA. THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TROUGH IS FORECAST TO CUTOFF OVER OR WEST OF NORTHERN BAJA ON THURSDAY. ENOUGH MID LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE RIM FROM FLAGSTAFF EASTWARD FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE CUTOFF LOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MOVING NORTHWARD LATE FRIDAY. THE CHANCE OF STORMS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAINLY FROM FLAGSTAFF SOUTHWARD. AS THE LOW MOVES ACROSS ARIZONA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...THERE WILL BE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. INCREASING INSTABILITY AND SHEAR MAY ALSO LEAD TO SOME STRONG STORMS...PRODUCING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHEAST OF ARIZONA ON SUNDAY WITH THE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION DECREASING THROUGH THE DAY. A DRIER AND WARMER SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER ARIZONA ON MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER TEXAS MAY PUSH ENOUGH MOISTURE OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA BY TUESDAY FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MOISTURE MAY PUSH ACROSS THE WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM BY WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z PACKAGE...A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING ISOLD-SCT SHRA/TSRA WITH LCL MVFR IN THE STRONGER STORMS. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE SFC WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35KTS. CONVECTION DIMINISHING AFT 03Z. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDMENTS. && .FIRE WEATHER...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LINGER WEST OF THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. EXPECT VARIABLE MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 6000 FEET. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...A SWITCH TO A MORE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE MOISTURE AND CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE BEST CHANCE ARRIVING ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RETURN TO NEAR SEASONABLE LEVELS BY MONDAY WITH DIMINISHING CHANCES OF SHOWERS. && .FGZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && PUBLIC.....................MAS AVIATION/FIRE WEATHER......DB VISIT WEATHER.GOV/FLAGSTAFF FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA WEATHER INFORMATION.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 12:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1201 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
NEZ086-087-171745-
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
1201 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SOUTHEASTERN THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
AT 1158 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BYRON...OR 30 MILES NORTH OF
CONCORDIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RUSKIN BY 1205 PM CDT
CHESTER BY 1215 PM CDT
DESHLER BY 1220 PM CDT
HUBBELL BY 1225 PM CDT
HEBRON BY 1235 PM CDT
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4000 9735 3999 9793 4000 9794 4016 9795
4030 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 229DEG 22KT 4000 9777Local storm report, Jun 17, 12:51 PM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jun 17, 1:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
104 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM HAIL 4 E CHESTER 40.01N 97.54W
06/17/2009 E1.75 INCH THAYER NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
LEWLocal storm report, Jun 17, 1:21 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
121 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 PM HAIL HUBBELL 40.01N 97.50W
06/17/2009 E1.00 INCH THAYER NE FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
LEWLocal storm report, Jun 17, 1:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
144 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM HAIL HUBBELL 40.01N 97.50W
06/17/2009 E1.00 INCH THAYER NE FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
LASTED TIL 110 PM.
&&
LEWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 49 min |
| Jun 17, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 35 min |
| Jun 17, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Sherman, Valley | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.