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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

August 7, 20114 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2011, 9:04 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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: Aug 7, 2011, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2011, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Hamilton County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Polk County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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: 1873 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1289 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 7, 6:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 6:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
611 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

.AVIATION...00Z TAF. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF
WESTERN NEBRASKA INTO SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE ARE EXPECTED
TO MOVE EAST/SOUTHEAST AND COULD EVENTUALLY REACH KGRI LATER THIS
EVENING. WILL CARRY A TEMPO GROUP FOR THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 04Z-
07Z...AND ADJUST AS NECESSARY. ONCE THE THUNDERSTORMS END...18Z
NAM BUFR SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT THERE COULD BE SOME LIGHT FOG AT
KGRI...AND THIS IS SUPPORTED BY THE LATEST SREF VISIBILITY
PROBABILITIES. ONCE THE FOG EXITS...THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST
SHOULD BE VFR. WINDS WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE
EAST/SOUTHEAST...BUT WILL SWITCH TO THE NORTH BEHIND A PASSING
FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 315 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011/

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS
WILL BE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

CURRENT RADAR TRENDS HAVE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN
PART OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SATELLITE SHOWS CLOUDS
CLEARING OUT OF MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH ALL
OF THE CONVECTION IN THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS THERE ARE MANY WEAK
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND THE MAIN SYNOPTIC BOUNDARY IS SOMEWHAT
DIFFICULT TO FIND WITH THE CONVECTION. THE LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE
SHOWS SOME CONVECTION STARTING IN THE BLACK HILLS AND IN THE
PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA.

MODELS HAVE AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT WITH
A WEAKER WAVE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A SURFACE BOUNDARY HAS
SETTLED IN CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY. ANOTHER BOUNDARY
ON THE HIGH PLAINS WILL BE DRIFTING TO THE EAST TONIGHT. THIS WILL
BE WHERE THE CONVECTION STARTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THEN
WILL MOVE TO THE EAST INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. MODELS SUGGEST A
MCS WILL DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE AND THEN
MOVE TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS
WOULD BE MOVING INTO THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
THERE IS ENOUGH MOISTURE WITH THIS THAT THERE COULD BE SOME FAIRLY
HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS PLENTY OF
CAPE TO WORK WITH THIS EVENING AND WITH THE FAIRLY DECENT SHEAR
THERE COULD BE AN ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY LINGER ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY MORNING...BUT MODELS
HAVE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS REGARDING THIS. THE NAM AND SREF ARE MAINLY
DRY BUT THE GFS LINGERS PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. WILL KEEP
SOME LOW POPS ON THE IDEA THAT THERE COULD BE SOME LINGERING
CONVECTION. THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVES INTO THE AREA MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IT IS SLIGHTLY WEAKER...BUT WITH THE MOISTURE
THAT REMAINS AVAILABLE ACROSS THE AREA EXPECT THERE WILL BE SOME
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE END DURING
THE EVENING.

LONG TERM...STARTING 12Z TUESDAY. PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS CENTER
UPON CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION...SEVERE WEATHER...AND TEMPERATURE
TRENDS. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN
FROM THE NORTHWEST FOR THE MOST PART DURING THE LONG TERM FORECAST
PERIOD. PRECIPITATION CHANCES APPEAR FAIRLY LIMITED TUESDAY WITH
LITTLE TO NO KINEMATIC FORCING TO SPEAK OF...ALTHOUGH THE
NAM...OPERATIONAL GFS AND EC ALL SUGGEST A SMALL SCALE
PERTURBATION COULD SNEAK INTO OUR AREA LATE IN THE DAY AND WITH
ENOUGH LOW LEVEL WARMING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CANNOT
BE RULED OUT. BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ENTER THE PICTURE
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS LOW LEVEL RETURN FLOW ESTABLISHES
ITSELF ON THE BACK SIDE OF A SURFACE RIDGE PUSHING OUT OF THE
AREA. LOW LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION DUE TO RETURN FLOW AND AN
INCREASING LLJ BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS WELL AS WEAK OMEGA
AHEAD OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SMALL SCALE PERTURBATIONS...WILL ALL
AID IN PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. MUCH OF THE SAME IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY BEFORE A LOW LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA
FRIDAY...BRINGING ONE MORE CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION BEFORE DRIER
AND COOLER WEATHER INFILTRATE THE AREA LATE FRIDAY ONWARD.

GUIDANCE SUGGESTS LIMITED LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LIKELY ONLY
PROVIDE AFTERNOON 0-1KM MLCAPE VALUES OF 500-800J/KG DURING THE DAY
TUESDAY. THAT BEING SAID...THE UPPER LEVEL JET AXIS IS ALSO EXPECTED
TO POSITION ITSELF OVER THE REGION TUESDAY THUS PROMOTING DEEP LAYER
SHER VALUES OF 40-50KTS. THE SHEAR WILL LIKELY COMPENSATE FOR THE
RELATIVELY LOW VALUES OF INSTABILITY AND AS A RESULT...WILL CONTINUE
MENTIONING A THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TUESDAY.
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RETURN WEDNESDAY ONWARD WILL THEN INCREASE THE
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THROUGH FROPA ON FRIDAY...THUS WILL ALSO
CONTINUE SEVERE WEATHER MENTION WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER IS STILL EXPECTED TUESDAY AS A WEAK SURFACE
RIDGE SETTLES INTO THE AREA. WEDNESDAY WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BE WARMER AS THE SURFACE RIDGE PUSHES EAST OF THE AREA...BUT INCREASED
LOW LEVEL THERMAL ADVECTION AND RESULTANT ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER AND PERHAPS PROLONGED
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. WENT AHEAD AND CUT WEDNESDAY DIURNALS
DOWN TO AROUND 15 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA TO ACCOUNT FOR
THIS. WARMER WEATHER SHOULD THEN BE REALIZED THURSDAY BEFORE ANOTHER
ROUND OF COOLER AIR MOVES IN POST-FROPA FRIDAY ONWARD.

&&

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

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 7:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
719 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
081200-
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-
719 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT.
SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER
THREATS...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT THIS
EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY
THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES DEVELOP...THUS PROVIDING A THREAT FOR
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST MONDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER CANNOT BE RULED OUT DURING THIS TIME
PERIOD...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

.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, Aug 7, 6:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
641 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

NEZ060-080030-
DAWSON NE-
641 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES WEST OF GOTHENBURG...OR 41 MILES WEST OF
LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON...
  GOTHENBURG...
  WILLOW ISLAND...
  COZAD...
  EDDYVILLE...
  FARNAM...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 237.

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

IN ADDITION...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR
LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4104 10023 4105 10022 4105 9946 4070 9977
      4069 10008 4070 10023
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 285DEG 27KT 4096 10045

BRYANT

Local storm report, Aug 7, 7:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
702 PM CDT SUN AUG 07 2011

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

0701 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 W GOTHENBURG          40.93N 100.18W
08/07/2011  E60 MPH          DAWSON             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED WINDS AT 60 MPH.

&&

REED

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 8:51 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
851 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

NEZ048-062-063-080215-
HALL NE-HAMILTON NE-MERRICK NE-
851 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MERRICK...HAMILTON
AND EASTERN HALL COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALDA...OR NEAR GRAND ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT
55 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...
  PHILLIPS...
  GILTNER...
  MARQUETTE...
  AURORA...
  STOCKHAM...
  HAMPTON...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 307 AND 341.

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

LAT...LON 4102 9783 4070 9783 4075 9849 4099 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 271DEG 48KT 4086 9835

Local storm report, Aug 7, 9:03 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
903 PM CDT SUN AUG 07 2011

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

0853 PM     TSTM WND GST     GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT    40.97N 98.32W
08/07/2011  M48 MPH          HALL               NE   ASOS

&&

ODER

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 9:04 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
904 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

NEZ048-049-063-064-080245-
HAMILTON NE-MERRICK NE-POLK NE-YORK NE-
904 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR YORK...POLK...SOUTHERN MERRICK
AND HAMILTON COUNTIES UNTIL 945 PM CDT...

AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHAPMAN...OR 12 MILES EAST OF GRAND
ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  YORK...
  AURORA...
  MARQUETTE...
  CENTRAL CITY...
  HAMPTON...
  HORDVILLE...
  HENDERSON...
  CLARKS...
  POLK...
  BRADSHAW...
  MCCOOL JUNCTION...
  BENEDICT...
  STROMSBURG...
  OSCEOLA...
  WACO...
  GRESHAM...
  SHELBY...
  THAYER...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 318 AND 365.

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

LAT...LON 4078 9828 4105 9829 4117 9828 4127 9736
      4072 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 264DEG 46KT 4097 9812

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 7, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	47 min
Aug 7, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Sherman	32 min
Aug 7, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman	33 min
Aug 7, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	24 min
Aug 8, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo, Gosper, Phelps	32 min
Aug 8, 3:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Franklin, Hall, Kearney	43 min
Aug 8, 3:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Kearney	24 min
Aug 8, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	47 min
Aug 8, 4:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	44 min
Aug 8, 4:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	42 min
Aug 8, 5:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	29 min
Aug 8, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	54 min
Aug 7, 10:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	48 min
Aug 7, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	45 min
Aug 7, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	40 min
Aug 7, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	32 min
Aug 8, 1:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	41 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.