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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Hastings, NE

July 25, 2012Howard County, Merrick County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2012, 4:09 PM CDT for Howard County, Merrick County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 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: Jul 25, 2012, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Howard County, NE, Merrick County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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
Jul 25, 4:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 Se St. Libory, NE	DELAYED REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COURTESY OF NSSL SHAVE.
Jul 25, 4:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	3 Se St. Libory, NE	DELAYED REPORT OF PING PONG SIZE HAIL COURTESY OF NSSL SHAVE.

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 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 6 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 675 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -402 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

203 
WUUS53 KGID 252109
SVRGID
NEC093-121-252200-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0273.120725T2109Z-120725T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
409 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  WESTERN MERRICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 403 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. LIBORY
  TO ST. LIBORY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PALMER AND ARCHER.

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 4105 9806 4104 9842 4105 9844 4122 9839
      4127 9813 4126 9810 4127 9810 4129 9801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 244DEG 9KT 4114 9823 4109 9832
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

FAY

4 follow-up statements

942 
WWUS53 KGID 252115
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
415 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

NEC093-121-252200-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-120725T2200Z/
HOWARD NE-MERRICK NE-
415 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
MERRICK AND SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 413 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF ST. LIBORY TO ST.
LIBORY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 407 PM QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SAINT 
LIBORY WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARCHER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4105 9806 4104 9835 4104 9843 4105 9844
      4116 9836 4122 9817 4125 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 244DEG 9KT 4111 9825 4106 9834
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

FAY

639 
WWUS53 KGID 252130
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
430 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

NEC093-121-252200-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-120725T2200Z/
HOWARD NE-MERRICK NE-
430 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
MERRICK AND SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 427 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
ST. LIBORY...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 5
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ARCHER.

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 4105 9806 4104 9830 4104 9839 4107 9839
      4113 9835 4122 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 281DEG 6KT 4106 9829
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN

$$

FAY

718 
WWUS53 KGID 252147
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
447 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

NEC093-252156-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-120725T2200Z/
HOWARD NE-
447 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4105 9806 4104 9828 4105 9829 4113 9829
      4114 9804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 278DEG 16KT 4105 9819

$$

NEC121-252200-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-120725T2200Z/
MERRICK NE-
447 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MERRICK COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 445 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
CHAPMAN...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN MERRICK 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 4105 9806 4104 9828 4105 9829 4113 9829
      4114 9804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 278DEG 16KT 4105 9819
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

FAY

703 
WWUS53 KGID 252156
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
456 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

NEC121-252207-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-120725T2200Z/
MERRICK NE-
456 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MERRICK COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...

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

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 4105 9806 4104 9828 4105 9829 4113 9829
      4114 9804
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 278DEG 16KT 4104 9813

$$

FAY

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 Jul 25, 3:23 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:23 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
323 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY.

CURRENT RADAR SHOWS SHOWERS IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST
AREA BUT THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE CHANGE IN LOCATION AND INTENSITY.
SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A COLD FRONT DRIFTING THROUGH THE FORECAST
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINDS ARE NOT STRONG ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
FRONT AND THE LOCATION IS SHOWING UP MAINLY ON RADAR FROM NEAR YORK
NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS AT THIS TIME.

THE LOCATION OF THE FRONT WILL BE IMPORTANT AS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EXPECT THE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE AREA WHERE DEW POINTS ARE POOLING THIS
AFTERNOON. THE TIMING FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. THE FRONT SHOULD
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST/SOUTHEAST DURING THE EVENING AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST
AREA DURING THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BY LATE
TONIGHT THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE COMING TO AN END IN THE
NORTHWEST. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS. A DEEP
INVERTED V SOUNDING WOULD INDICATE THAT THE MOST LIKELY EVENTS WOULD
BE GUSTY WINDS. THERE IS GOOD MUCAPE IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE
FORECAST AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING OF AROUND
5000 J/KG...BUT THERE IS WEAK SHEAR.

THE FRONT SHOULD BE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY
THURSDAY MORNING AND SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE NOTABLY COOLER ON THURSDAY WITH READINGS ONLY
IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE ON AND
OFF CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES...BUT STILL COOLER THAN THE RECENT HEAT WAVE.

GENERALLY NORTHWEST FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. WITH THE
NORTHWEST FLOW THERE WILL BE SEVERAL MAINLY WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVES
THAT MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THERE WILL BE ON AND OFF CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...BUT THERE WILL BE OTHER CHANCES AS WELL.
THERE WILL BE A WAVE THAT MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
THAT IS A LITTLE STRONGER. THERE IS ALSO A COLD FRONT THAT MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WITH A STRONGER UPPER LEVEL
WAVE. OTHERWISE THERE WILL JUST BE ON AND OFF CHANCES AND TIMING THE
INDIVIDUAL WAVES AS THEY COME THROUGH IS A CHALLENGE. ONE THING TO
NOTE IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION MOST OF
THE TIME IS SHOULD BE VERY SPOTTY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN RECENTLY WITH READINGS MOSTLY IN
THE 90S. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CLIMB IN TEMPERATURES FROM FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY THEN A BIT COOLER BEHIND THE NEXT COLD FRONT AGAIN.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1221 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012/

AVIATION...18Z TAF. A SURFACE COLD FRONT IS SITUATED ACROSS THE
KGRI TERMINAL AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND SHOULD MOVE TO THE
SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTH AND
INCREASE. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH. THERE ARE ALREADY A FEW
SHOWERS TO THE NORTHWEST. EXPECT THAT MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING BUT
COULD LINGER THROUGH NEARLY MIDNIGHT. SKIES SHOULD CLEAR BEHIND
THE STORMS.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NEZ049-063-064-
     075>077-082>087.

KS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ005>007-017>019.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 3:42 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
342 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
261200-
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-
342 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...AND FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MAINLY SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM CAMBRIDGE...TO HASTINGS...TO OSCEOLA. PLEASE REFER
TO THE HEAT ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO AT LEAST 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO QUARTER
SIZE.

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

BETWEEN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR MAINLY
NIGHTTIME THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH
ADDITIONAL STORM CHANCES ARRIVING DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THESE PERIODS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:02 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
402 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

NEZ047-048-252130-
HOWARD NE-MERRICK NE-
402 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MERRICK AND SOUTHEASTERN
HOWARD COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ST. LIBORY...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF GRAND
ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ARCHER...

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 4105 9807 4104 9834 4104 9839 4116 9841
      4125 9807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 248DEG 22KT 4112 9826

FAY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Merrick	28 min
Jul 25, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Merrick	36 min
Jul 25, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	29 min
Jul 25, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk	23 min
Jul 25, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nance	37 min
Jul 25, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas	28 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.