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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Hastings, NE

May 3, 2012Nance County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2012, 7:06 PM CDT for Nance County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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 3, 2012, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Nance County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 2202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

223 
WUUS53 KGID 040006
SVRGID
NEC125-040045-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0113.120504T0006Z-120504T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
706 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN NANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 704 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PALMER...OR 27 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND. 
  THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NANCE COUNTY.

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 4130 9801 4129 9805 4128 9805 4128 9810
      4127 9810 4126 9827 4134 9827 4139 9807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 249DEG 1KT 4130 9819
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

HEINLEIN

2 follow-up statements

464 
WWUS53 KGID 040019
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
719 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

NEC125-040045-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120504T0045Z/
NANCE NE-
719 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NANCE COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF PALMER...OR 27 MILES NORTH OF
GRAND ISLAND...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NANCE COUNTY.

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 4130 9801 4129 9805 4128 9805 4128 9810
      4127 9810 4126 9827 4134 9827 4139 9807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 084DEG 6KT 4130 9824
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

HEINLEIN

483 
WWUS53 KGID 040039
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
739 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

NEC125-040050-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-120504T0045Z/
NANCE NE-
739 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NANCE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4130 9801 4129 9805 4128 9805 4128 9810
      4127 9810 4126 9827 4134 9827 4139 9807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 084DEG 6KT 4130 9829

$$

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	43 min
May 3, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Howard	39 min
May 3, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	49 min
May 3, 8:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nance	52 min
May 4, 2:40 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 16 more	7 hr
May 4, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	30 min
May 4, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Valley	49 min
May 4, 6:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2012 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.