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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 312, NWS Hastings, NE

November 10, 2012Polk County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 2012, 6:49 PM CST for Polk County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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: Nov 10, 2012, 6:49 PM CST (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Nov 10, 2012, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Polk County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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
Nov 10, 6:52 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 51	2 Nnw Polk, NE

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

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
Nov 10, 3:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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: 567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1120 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

300 
WUUS53 KGID 110049
SVRGID
NEC143-110115-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0312.121111T0049Z-121111T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
649 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 646 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM POLK TO BRADSHAW...AND MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STROMSBURG...OSCEOLA AND SHELBY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INTENSE SQUALL LINES CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES IN
ADDITION TO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. ALTHOUGH NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 4104 9766 4105 9782 4106 9783 4117 9783
      4119 9781 4139 9742 4139 9738 4107 9736
      4105 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 248DEG 55KT 4111 9777 4092 9767
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

HALBLAUB

1 follow-up statement

343 
WWUS53 KGID 110117
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
717 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

NEC143-110127-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0312.000000T0000Z-121111T0115Z/
POLK NE-
717 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR POLK COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED 
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 4104 9766 4105 9782 4106 9783 4117 9783
      4119 9781 4139 9742 4139 9738 4107 9736
      4105 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 248DEG 55KT 4110 9777 4091 9767

$$

HALBLAUB

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 Nov 10, 5:49 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 5:49 PM CST, 1 hour before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
549 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

.AVIATION...00Z KGRI TAF. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
THROUGH KGRI PRIOR TO 7PM. A COLD FRONT WILL ALSO TRACK THROUGH
KGRI RIGHT AROUND 6PM. EXPECT STRONG AND VARIABLE WINDS UNTIL
AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND THEN STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
THEREAFTER. A FEW SHOWERS AND WEAK THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN
POSSIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT. DRY AND WINDY
TOMORROW WITH A CONTINUED NORTHWEST WIND.

.UPDATE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 329 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012/

SHORT TERM...THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...DUE TO GOOD MIXING THIS
AFTERNOON...EXPECT STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH
OF THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. WITH VERY DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE HIGH
PLAINS...HAVE SEEN SOME AREAS OF DUST MIXED IN...AND EXPECT
CONTINUED HAZY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS A RESULT.

AS OF MID AFTERNOON...A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO
DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT...AND EXPECT CONTINUED
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO
BUILD AND FORCING FROM APPROACHING FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE
HELP TO TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. EXPECT THE
ASSOCIATED AXIS OF INSTABILITY TO SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH THE EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...WITH MUCH COLDER AIR FILTERING IN BEHIND THIS
FRONT ALONG WITH DECREASED CHANCES FOR CONVECTION. WITH THE COLD
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FILL IN ACROSS THE REGION
OVERNIGHT...EXPECT THE POSSIBILITY FOR A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT WITH VERY LITTLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
TO WORK WITH...DO NOT EXPECT MUCH MORE THAN TRACE TO A FEW TENTHS OF
SNOW ACCUMULATION IN SPOTS...IF ANY...WITH THE MAIN FOCUS OVER THE
NEXT 3-12 HOURS BEING CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. WITH GOOD SHEAR...MODEST
INSTABILITY EXPECTED TO BUILD UP TO 1000 J/KG...AND FORCING FROM THE
APPROACHING FRONT...CONTINUE TO EXPECT THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH MAIN THREATS REMAINING HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

WITH A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS IN PLACE BEHIND THE PASSING FRONT...
EXPECT UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH A BRISK NORTH WIND
ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE WINDS MAY INITIALLY
APPROACH ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT AS STRONG
PRESSURE RISES ARE REALIZED...WINDS SHOULD RELAX SOME DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS ON SUNDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES AND AREA
AREA OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE EMERGES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

MAIN CHALLENGES WILL BE TEMPERATURES AND TIMING OF THE NEXT
POTENTIAL PRECIPITATION CHANCES FRIDAY/SATURDAY.

MODELS HAVE REASONABLE CONSISTENCY TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM...BUT BY
THE TIME THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ROLLS AROUND...THERE IS TERRIBLE
AGREEMENT AMONG MODELS...AND CONSISTENCY IS NOT GREAT.

WE WILL START THE LONG TERM SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A PROGRESSIVE DEEP
LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES...WITH THE AXIS
SWINGING EAST OF THE CWA. COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE...BUT THE
PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN ALLOWS SOME WARMING BY
LATE NIGHT AT 850 MB...WITH EVEN SOME WARM AIR ADVECTION AND
DOWNSLOPE OCCURRING BY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL MAKE
DETERMINING LOW TEMPERATURES A BIT TRICKY.

MODELS HAVE BEEN QUITE CONSISTENT ABOUT THIS WAVE DAMPENING AS IT
HEADS EAST...AND GENERALLY ZONAL FLOW FOR OUR AREA INTO MID-WEEK
WITH LOW-AMPLITUDE RIPPLES PERHAPS MOVING BY.

THE NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH OF MUCH CONSEQUENCE IS A TOUGH CALL. THE
LATEST ECMWF SHOWS FRIDAY NIGHT BEING THE ARRIVAL TIME...BUT SINCE
THIS WAVE HAS A RELATIVELY LOW-AMPLITUDE...CONFIDENCE IS NOT THE
HIGHEST. THE 06Z RUN OF THE GFS SHOWED AN ARRIVAL OF FRIDAY DURING
THE DAY...BUT THE LATEST RUN AT 12Z GFS SHOWS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
SOLUTION FROM THE PREVIOUS RUN...WITH A NORTHERN STREAM WAVE ALREADY
WELL EAST OF THE CWA WITH A SHORTWAVE RIDGE MOVING EAST OF THE CWA
ON FRIDAY.

CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THE GFS SOLUTIONS APPEAR HIGHLY
UNSTABLE...I WILL NOT PUT MUCH WEIGHT...IF ANY...INTO THE GFS AND
WILL LEAN MUCH HEAVIER TOWARD THE ECMWF AND ITS ENSEMBLES. THIS WILL
KEEP PRECIPITATION CHANCES AROUND FOR PRIMARILY FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY...AND I HAVE YANKED PRECIPITATION CHANCES FROM FRIDAY.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1157 AM CST SAT NOV 10 2012/

AVIATION...18Z KGRI TAF. PREVAILING VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST
THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT WHICH WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING
THE TERMINAL BETWEEN 11/02Z-11/06Z...ALONG WITH THE SMALL
POSSIBILITY OF A LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW SHOWER THEREAFTER. WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERN...WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS
RAPIDLY INCREASING OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO TO 18025G35KTS. WINDS
WILL EVENTUALLY RAPIDLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WITH THE PASSAGE OF
THE FRONT AT THE TERMINAL BETWEEN 11/04Z-11/06Z...WITH GUSTY
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. WHILE
VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE PREDOMINANTLY VFR THROUGH THE
PERIOD OUTSIDE AN TSRA AFFECTING THE TERMINAL...MVFR CIGS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...AND PERSIST
THROUGH AT LEAST 11/12Z.

&&

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

KS...NONE.

&&

UPDATE...WESELY

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 6:00 PM CST, 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
600 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
120000-
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-
600 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS...PRIMARILY ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM SAINT PAUL...TO GRAND ISLAND IN NEBRASKA...TO OSBORNE IN
KANSAS...COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. HAIL AS BIG AS GOLF
BALLS...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE.

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG WINDS WILL BE REALIZED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...THIS TIME FROM THE NORTHWEST. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAYBE NEEDED THIS EVENING...PRIMARILY FOR
LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FULLERTON...TO GRAND
ISLAND IN NEBRASKA...TO PHILLIPSBURG IN KANSAS.

&&

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

WESELY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 10, 4:30 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
430 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

NEZ062-102245-
HALL NE-
430 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HALL COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM
CST...

AT 426 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALDA...OR NEAR GRAND ISLAND...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
GRAND ISLAND

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. 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 4092 9828 4078 9829 4086 9862 4105 9846
      4104 9845 4104 9828
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 213DEG 52KT 4095 9840

WESELY

Local storm report, Nov 10, 4:47 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
447 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

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

0440 PM     HAIL             1 SW ST. LIBORY         41.07N 98.37W
11/10/2012  E1.75 INCH       HOWARD             NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

&&

REED

Local storm report, Nov 10, 6:45 PM CST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
645 PM CST SAT NOV 10 2012

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

0622 PM     HAIL             5 WSW CHAPMAN           41.00N 98.25W
11/10/2012  E0.50 INCH       MERRICK            NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

WESELY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 10, 6:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick	59 min
Nov 10, 6:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, York	42 min
Nov 10, 6:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore	35 min
Nov 10, 7:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	23 min
Nov 10, 7:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk, York	46 min
Nov 10, 7:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Webster	29 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.