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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Hastings, NE

May 19, 2011Jewell County, Kansas; Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas; Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Jewell County, KS, Nuckolls County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 19, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 218 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

679 
WUUS53 KGID 200215
SVRGID
KSC089-NEC129-181-200300-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0050.110520T0215Z-110520T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
915 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  WESTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 913 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  NORTH OF BURR OAK...OR 36 MILES NORTH OF BELOIT...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GUIDE ROCK...BOSTWICK...NELSON AND LAWRENCE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 3976 9834 3975 9850 4006 9850 4035 9830
      4035 9827 4019 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 203DEG 30KT 3997 9833
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
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3 follow-up statements

293 
WWUS53 KGID 200236
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
936 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSC089-200246-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110520T0300Z/
JEWELL KS-
936 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JEWELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4001 9817 4000 9850 4006 9850 4035 9830
      4035 9827 4019 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 201DEG 23KT 4007 9827

$$

NEC129-181-200300-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110520T0300Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-WEBSTER NE-
936 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
WEBSTER AND WESTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GUIDE ROCK...OR 37 MILES SOUTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAWRENCE AND NELSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4001 9817 4000 9850 4006 9850 4035 9830
      4035 9827 4019 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 201DEG 23KT 4007 9827
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
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613 
WWUS53 KGID 200252
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
952 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

NEC181-200259-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110520T0300Z/
WEBSTER NE-
952 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4007 9817 4002 9827 4013 9828 4035 9827
      4019 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 201DEG 23KT 4015 9822

$$

NEC129-200300-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110520T0300Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-
952 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN
NUCKOLLS COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GUIDE ROCK...OR 33 MILES SOUTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LAWRENCE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

&&

LAT...LON 4007 9817 4002 9827 4013 9828 4035 9827
      4019 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 201DEG 23KT 4015 9822
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$
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832 
WWUS53 KGID 200258
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
958 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

NEC129-200308-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-110520T0300Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-
958 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4007 9817 4002 9827 4013 9828 4035 9827
      4019 9806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 201DEG 23KT 4020 9818

$$
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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 May 19, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
621 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

.AVIATION...00Z TAF. CHALLENGING TAF PERIOD WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. KUEX
WSR-88D SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...AND THINK THAT THE COVERAGE WILL INCREASE FURTHER AS
THE LOW LEVEL JET INCREASES TONIGHT. WILL GO WITH A COUPLE OF
TEMPO GROUPS AND TRY TO CAPTURE THE MAIN IDEA THAT THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE IN THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 08Z. CEILINGS WILL ALSO REMAIN
IN THE MVFR OR IFR RANGE THROUGH MOST OF THE TAF PERIOD...AND TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING SHOULD BE DOMINATED BY IFR. THE 18Z NAM AND
GFS BOTH SUGGEST MORE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...AND WILL KEEP THE CHANCES IN THE FORECAST IN THE FORM
OF A PROB30 GROUP.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 308 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011/

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY.  AFTERNOON SUBJECTIVE
SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACED A DRYLINE FROM NEAR KDDC...SOUTHWARD INTO
THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...WHILE A WARM FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEAR KRSL
SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS.  THE MAIN QUESTION FOR LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING STILL REMAINS HOW FAR NORTH WILL THE
SURFACE BASED CONVECTION DEVELOP.  THE 12Z MODEL RUNS STILL SHOWED
SOME DIFFERENCES IN THEIR HANDLING OF THE SURFACE FEATURES...AND HOW
FAR NORTH THE WARM FRONT WILL GET.  IT STILL APPEARS THAT THE WARM
FRONT COULD STILL TRY TO LIFT INTO PARTS OF NORTHERN KANSAS...THUS
THE CURRENT TORNADO WATCH THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED INTO THIS EVENING FOR
MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LATER THIS EVENING...H85 WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL INCREASE ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA AS A 40 TO 50 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET PUNCHES INTO
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS WILL HELP
SPREAD THE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL NORTHWARD...WITH MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA POTENTIALLY GETTING MORE RAINFALL. SOME OF THE
STORMS COULD ALSO BRING A LARGE HAIL THREAT...AND WILL CONTINUE TO
MENTION THAT IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR TONIGHT. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE ANOTHER CONCERN WITH SOME LOCATIONS OVER THE PAST
FEW DAYS GETTING UPWARDS OF AN INCH OF RAIN ALREADY.

THE LOW LEVEL JET AXIS EVENTUALLY SHIFTS A BIT EASTWARD AND TURNS
MORE SOUTHWESTERLY LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY WHICH SHOULD TAKE
THE MAIN THUNDERSTORM FOCUS EAST.  THIS COULD BRING A PERIOD OF
LESSER RAIN CHANCES FROM MID MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER
THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN LOOK POSSIBLE AS THE UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN
OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS.

A SHEARED OUT VORTICITY LOBE IS EXPECTED TO ROTATE THROUGH CENTRAL
PARTS OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH INSTABILITY
INCREASING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST
AREA. MUCAPE VALUES RISE INTO THE 1000-1500 J/KG RANGE DURING THE
AFTERNOON...SO A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING...HOWEVER
AS THE VORT LOBE PIVOTS EASTWARD...THE CHANCES FOR RAIN SHOULD
EVENTUALLY DIMINISH LATER FRIDAY NIGHT.

LONG TERM...MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE TRACK AND STRENGTH
OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON
SATURDAY. THERE IS SOME INSTABILITY THAT REMAINS ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA ON SATURDAY WHICH BRINGS A CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG...BUT WITH
MODELS NOT HAVING A LOT OF CONSISTENCY THERE IS NOT A LOT OF
CONFIDENCE. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WEAKENS SATURDAY NIGHT AND MOVES OFF
TO THE EAST ALLOWING FOR A DRY AND WARMER PERIOD.

A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS IN KANSAS MONDAY SETTING UP A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY GENERALLY EAST TO WEST ACROSS THE AREA. A SERIES OF UPPER
LEVEL WAVES MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND
PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF THE FRONT.
MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE INCONSISTENCIES WHICH LEAD TO LOWER
CONFIDENCE IN JUST HOW MUCH OR HOW STRONG ANY THUNDERSTORMS WOULD
BE. FEEL THERE IS A FAIR CHANCE FOR SOME PRECIPITATION...BUT THERE
IS STILL ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY THAT DETERMINING MUCH MORE THAN THAT
WOULD BE A CHALLENGE.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
317 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
201200-
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-
317 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A
WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS KANSAS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR
SEVERE STORMS WILL FOCUS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND ALSO IN
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF
BALLS...AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. WHILE THE
PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT...STRONG
TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT WITH THE
PRIMARY THREATS OF HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ON FRIDAY...ADDITIONAL STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ALONG
AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREATS. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH THIS THREAT IS MORE UNCERTAIN.

WHILE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH
SATURDAY...MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN IN THE FORECAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA
FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY INTO THE MID EVENING HOURS...MAINLY
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND POSSIBLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 7:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
719 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0712 PM     HAIL             2 SE BRUNING            40.32N 97.54W
05/19/2011  E1.00 INCH       THAYER             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CORRECTED REPORT TIME

&&

REED

Special weather statement, May 19, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
737 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

NEZ087-200100-
THAYER NE-
737 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN THAYER COUNTY UNTIL 800
PM CDT...

AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HUBBELL...OR 36 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...
MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GILEAD...
  BELVIDERE...
  ALEXANDRIA...
  BRUNING...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 4000 9737 4001 9761 4035 9760 4035 9744
      4035 9743 4035 9741 4035 9737 4031 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 193DEG 36KT 4008 9747

WESELY

Special weather statement, May 19, 8:32 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
832 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSZ017-018-200200-
OSBORNE KS-ROOKS KS-
832 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN OSBORNE AND EASTERN ROOKS
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF
ALTON TO CODELL TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CODELL...AND MOVING NORTH AT
40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CODELL...
  PLAINVILLE...
  ALTON...
  PORTIS...
  WOODSTON...
  STOCKTON...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3957 9926 3956 9861 3931 9880 3915 9894
      3913 9912 3913 9938
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 195DEG 33KT 3938 9887 3922 9910
          3908 9931

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Local storm report, May 19, 8:33 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
833 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     HAIL             14 E NATOMA             39.19N 98.76W
05/19/2011  E1.00 INCH       OSBORNE            KS   PUBLIC

            DELAYED REPORT FROM EARLIER. TIME APPROXIMATED FROM
            RADAR.

&&

PFANNKUCH

Special weather statement, May 19, 8:35 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
835 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSZ006-007-200200-
JEWELL KS-SMITH KS-
835 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN JEWELL AND SMITH COUNTIES
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 831 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF
ESBON TO HARLAN TO ALTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  GAYLORD...
  ESBON...
  LEBANON...
  BELLAIRE...
  CEDAR...
  SMITH CENTER...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3957 9843 3957 9877 3958 9900 3981 9891
      3992 9867 3996 9830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 193DEG 19KT 3974 9847 3966 9874
          3950 9897

WESELY

Special weather statement, May 19, 9:05 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
905 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSZ006-007-200245-
JEWELL KS-SMITH KS-
905 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN JEWELL AND SMITH
COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 904 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BURR OAK TO LEBANON
TO GAYLORD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BELLAIRE...
  ATHOL...
  SMITH CENTER...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3974 9830 3957 9863 3958 9904 4000 9881
      4000 9856 4000 9818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 190DEG 20KT 3993 9834 3983 9857
          3971 9880

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	28 min
May 19, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	25 min
May 19, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	39 min
May 19, 9:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	40 min
May 19, 9:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks, Smith	50 min
May 19, 9:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Osborne, Smith	3 hr
May 19, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	52 min
May 19, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	25 min
May 19, 11:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	25 min
May 20, 12:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Jewell, Osborne, Smith	12 hr
May 20, 12:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	33 min
May 20, 12:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Mitchell	11 hr
May 20, 2:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Osborne, Smith	42 hr
May 20, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	51 min
May 20, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	39 min
May 20, 4:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Jewell, Osborne, Rooks, Smith	18 hr
May 19, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore	34 min
May 19, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams	42 min
May 19, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	23 min
May 19, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	30 min
May 19, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	30 min
May 19, 11:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	104 min
May 19, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	29 min
May 19, 11:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls	24 min
May 20, 2:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Webster	12 hr
May 20, 2:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	8 hr
May 20, 9:03 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Nuckolls	30 hr
May 20, 4:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Greeley, Hall, Howard	3 hr
May 20, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	28 min
May 20, 6:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Clay	18 hr

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2011 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2011 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.