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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Hastings, NE

May 30, 2012Jewell County, Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2012, 3:41 PM CDT for Jewell County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2012, 3:41 PM CDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2012, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Jewell County, KS, Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 30, 4:03 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 Nw Ionia, KS
May 30, 4:10 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Ionia, KS	HAIL COVERED ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF THE GROUND.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 29 minutes after it went out.

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 nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 241 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: 1358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

852 
WUUS53 KGID 302041
SVRGID
KSC089-183-302115-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0231.120530T2041Z-120530T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
341 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 337 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF IONIA...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST    
  OF BELOIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER POTENTIALLY    
  SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS CENTERED  
  NEAR ESBON. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  IONIA...ESBON...JEWELL...BURR OAK...MANKATO...MONTROSE AND FORMOSO.

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 3957 9839 3957 9856 3965 9866 4000 9843
      4000 9835 3981 9793 3976 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 236DEG 28KT 3965 9846
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

PFANNKUCH

2 follow-up statements

531 
WWUS53 KGID 302052 RRA
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
352 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

KSC089-183-302115-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0231.000000T0000Z-120530T2115Z/
SMITH KS-JEWELL KS-
352 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JEWELL AND
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 351 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
IONIA...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ESBON...BURR OAK...JEWELL...MANKATO...MONTROSE AND FORMOSO.

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 3957 9839 3957 9854 3967 9854 3995 9843
      3998 9832 3981 9793 3976 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 240DEG 26KT 3967 9836
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

PFANNKUCH

575 
WWUS53 KGID 302102
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
402 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

KSC183-302112-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0231.000000T0000Z-120530T2115Z/
SMITH KS-
402 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SMITH
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3957 9839 3957 9845 3967 9849 3985 9836
      3987 9826 3981 9793 3976 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 240DEG 26KT 3968 9832

$$

KSC089-302115-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0231.000000T0000Z-120530T2115Z/
JEWELL KS-
402 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
JEWELL COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 400 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
IONIA...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MANKATO...JEWELL...MONTROSE AND FORMOSO.

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 3957 9839 3957 9845 3967 9849 3985 9836
      3987 9826 3981 9793 3976 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 240DEG 26KT 3968 9832
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

PFANNKUCH

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 30, 3:06 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:06 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
306 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

.SHORT TERM...THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY. MORNING UPPER AIR ANALYSIS
INDICATES QUASI-ZONAL TO NORTHWESTERLY MID AND UPPER LEVEL FLOW
ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CONUS...WITH SUBTLE RIDGING ACROSS
THE WESTERN AND EASTERN CONUS. MID AND UPPER LEVEL JET ENERGY IS
POSITIONED FROM THE NORTHWESTERN CONUS...ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS
OF THE CONUS AND ON INTO THE EASTERN CONUS. EARLY AFTERNOON WATER
VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS INCREASED VALUES OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE FLOWING
IN FROM THE PACIFIC...PUSHING ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN CONUS AND
INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE IS ALSO NOTED OVER
THE NORTHERN PLAINS...MOVING EAST/SOUTHEAST. AT THE SURFACE A
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE IS NOTED EXTENDING ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA.
IN ADDITION...AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE IS LOCATED OVER THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...WITH LOW LEVEL RETURN FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE
OF THE SURFACE RIDGE INFILTRATING PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
THAT BEING SAID...CONVECTIVELY INDUCED OUTFLOW AT THE SURFACE
IS PROMOTING A BIT MORE CHAOTIC LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD ACROSS OUR
CWA...THAN THAT OF THE TRUE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WHICH ARE TRYING
TO DEVELOP. THIS MESO-HIGH IS PROMOTING A DIFFERENTIAL HEATING
BOUNDARY NOW EVIDENT ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA. KUEX
INDICATES CONVECTION PERSISTING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AS OF MID AFTERNOON.

LOW LEVEL RETURN FLOW IS HELPING PROMOTE LOW LEVEL THERMAL
ADVECTION AND RESULTANT ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE AND SATURATION OVER OUR
CWA...PRIMARILY ALONG THE 300-310K SURFACES. LAPS PROXIMITY
SOUNDINGS FROM ACROSS OUR WESTERN CWA SUGGEST AIR
PARCELS...ASCENDING FROM AROUND 700MB...ARE CONTENDING WITH LESS
THAN 30J/KG CIN AND WORKING WITH 600-1000J/KG CAPE. IN ADDITION...MID
AND UPPER LEVEL JET ENERGY IS HELPING PROMOTE DEEP LAYER BULK
SHEAR VALUES OF 30-40KTS. EVEN THOUGH THE INSTABILITY IS NOT
OVERLY IMPRESSIVE...THE COOL LOW TO MID LEVEL AIRMASS AND THE DEEP
LAYER SHEAR ARE MORE THAN COMPENSATING...WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF
HAIL ALREADY REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. BROAD-SCALE ASCENT
SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
TONIGHT...WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND INSTABILITY ALSO LIKELY
PERSISTING. IN ADDITION...VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATES LOW
LEVEL CONVERGENCE...ALONG THE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY ACROSS
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...IS HELPING TO PROMOTE WEAK
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. FINALLY...KLNX INDICATES ADDITIONAL
CONVECTION FIRING ALONG THE SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS WESTERN
NEBRASKA. THE TROUGH ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA...AND THE
DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
CWA...ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS OUR CWA THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
AS THE MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE...CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHERN
PLAINS...ALSO PUSHES EAST/SOUTHEAST. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THE
BULK OF THE BROAD-SCALE ASCENT AHEAD OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS MID
LEVEL TROUGH AXIS SHOULD REMAIN TO OUR NORTHEAST...BUT ADDITIONAL
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER OUR AREA THROUGH TONIGHT
AS THE SURFACE TROUGH AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING
BOUNDARY/STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE CLEARS THE AREA.
GIVEN ALL THIS...WENT AHEAD AND PRESENTED LIKELY TO DEFINITE POPS
ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH 06Z...WITH POPS TAPERING OFF AFTER 06Z AS
LOW LEVEL FORCING MOVES OFF TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST. GIVEN THE
AFOREMENTIONED INSTABILITY AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR...WILL ALSO
CONTINUE THE SEVERE WORDING ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MAIN FORECAST
CONCERNS WILL BE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON AND OFF DURING THE
PERIOD AND TEMPERATURES.

START OFF THE PERIOD WITH NORTHWEST FLOW THAT BRINGS SEVERAL WEAK
UPPER LEVEL WAVES THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY. THE BEST OF THOSE WAVES SEEMS TO BE DURING THE FRIDAY TO
FRIDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME.

SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THAT
MOVES THROUGH THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WARM UP...BUT THERE REMAINS
SOME WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVES THAT MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND BRING
SOME SPORADIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FORECAST AREA.

TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AN UPPER LEVEL LOW BREAKS DOWN THE
RIDGE AND A SURFACE LOW IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS HAS AN INVERTED
TROUGH TO THE NORTH ACROSS THE AREA. WITH THIS THERE IS A CHANCE FOR
SOME THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL A LITTLE BIT AGAIN AFTER
THE RIDGE BREAKS DOWN.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1251 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012/

AVIATION...18Z KGRI TAF. A COUPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES
COULD VARY MORE THAN WHAT THE TAF MAY INDICATE.

&&

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

SHORT TERM...BRYANT
AVIATION...HEINLEIN

Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 2:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
233 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
311200-
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-
233 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH
10 PM. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO PROMOTE LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

INTERMITTENT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...AND
AGAIN SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH 10 PM.

&&

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

BRYANT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 2:59 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
259 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

NEZ075-076-085-086-302030-
ADAMS NE-CLAY NE-NUCKOLLS NE-WEBSTER NE-
259 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS...NORTHEASTERN
WEBSTER...NORTHERN NUCKOLLS AND SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM
CDT...

AT 255 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF AYR...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF
HASTINGS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GLENVIL...
  LAWRENCE...
  DEWEESE...
  FAIRFIELD...
  CLAY CENTER...
  EDGAR...
  ONG...

LAT...LON 4031 9847 4058 9835 4056 9782 4024 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 274DEG 38KT 4041 9828

HEINLEIN

Local storm report, May 30, 3:30 PM CDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
330 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

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

0326 PM     HAIL             3 S HOLDREGE            40.40N 99.38W
05/30/2012  E0.88 INCH       PHELPS             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

HEINLEIN

Special weather statement, May 30, 3:31 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
331 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

NEZ074-083-084-302100-
FRANKLIN NE-HARLAN NE-KEARNEY NE-
331 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN KEARNEY...NORTHEASTERN
HARLAN AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 328 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MINDEN TO HILDRETH
TO RAGAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  HILDRETH...
  NORMAN...
  UPLAND...
  CAMPBELL...

THESE STORMS 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 4035 9930 4035 9918 4039 9918 4042 9909
      4056 9892 4056 9872 4023 9873 4021 9932
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 285DEG 35KT 4045 9889 4037 9903
          4032 9920

Special weather statement, May 30, 3:31 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
331 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

KSZ006-007-018-019-302115-
JEWELL KS-MITCHELL KS-OSBORNE KS-SMITH KS-
331 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN JEWELL...
NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL...NORTHEASTERN OSBORNE AND SOUTHEASTERN SMITH
COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 328 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF IONIA...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LEBANON...
  IONIA...
  ESBON...
  JEWELL...
  BURR OAK...
  MANKATO...
  RANDALL...

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 4000 9837 3966 9796 3950 9857 3967 9875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 239DEG 32KT 3967 9848

PFANNKUCH

Local storm report, May 30, 3:36 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
336 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

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

0327 PM     HAIL             HASTINGS                40.59N 98.39W
05/30/2012  E0.75 INCH       ADAMS              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL REPORTED AT WALMART NORTH SIDE OF HASTINGS

0252 PM     HAIL             7 NNW HOLDREGE          40.53N 99.43W
05/30/2012  M1.00 INCH       PHELPS             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

DOXEY

Local storm report, May 30, 3:39 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
339 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012

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

0327 PM     HAIL             HASTINGS                40.59N 98.39W
05/30/2012  E0.75 INCH       ADAMS              NE   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

FAY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips	42 min
May 30, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	51 min
May 30, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell, Smith	49 min
May 30, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	38 min
May 30, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	25 min
May 30, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	29 min
May 30, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	26 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.