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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Hastings, NE

April 14, 2012Buffalo County, Hall County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2012, 7:31 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Hall County, Nebraska. It was in force for 22 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
Apr 14, 2012, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2012, 7:53 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Hall County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 6:27 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 210 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 276 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
483 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

184 
WUUS53 KGID 150031
SVRGID
NEC019-079-150115-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0039.120415T0031Z-120415T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
731 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 726 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
  GIBBON...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEARNEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHELTON...POOLE...RAVENNA AND CAIRO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 281 AND 282.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4105 9896 4104 9850 4089 9849 4076 9874
      4068 9894 4080 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 227DEG 38KT 4081 9887
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

WESELY
1 follow-up statement
729 
WWUS53 KGID 150053
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
753 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

NEC019-079-150102-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120415T0115Z/
BUFFALO NE-HALL NE-
753 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HALL AND EASTERN
BUFFALO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 4105 9896 4104 9850 4089 9849 4076 9874
      4068 9894 4080 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 227DEG 38KT 4096 9865

$$

WESELY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney, Phelps45 min
Apr 14, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson33 min
Apr 14, 7:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward, Merrick52 min
Apr 14, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan50 min
Apr 14, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan27 min
Apr 14, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster50 min
Apr 14, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan, Kearney48 min
Apr 14, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Franklin, Hall, Harlan, Kearney52 min
Apr 14, 9:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer8 hr
Apr 14, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster48 min
Apr 14, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer28 min
Apr 14, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan46 min
Apr 14, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson19 min
Apr 14, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls, Thayer44 min
Apr 14, 9:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHamilton, Polk, York45 min
Apr 14, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward, Nance28 min
Apr 14, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay28 min
Apr 14, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore, Nuckolls34 min
Apr 14, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster33 min
Apr 14, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer41 min
Apr 14, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay25 min
Apr 14, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore33 min
Apr 14, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk, York39 min
Apr 14, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, York33 min
Apr 14, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York30 min
Apr 14, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps32 min
Apr 14, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Franklin, Kearney, Phelps27 min
Apr 14, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps32 min
Apr 14, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo, Hall, Kearney28 min
Apr 15, 12:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Hall, Howard, Kearney, Merrick, Nance50 min
Apr 15, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk35 min
Apr 15, 1:47 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDFranklin3 hr
Apr 15, 4:10 AM CDTWind AdvisoryGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more24 hr
Apr 15, 10:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson50 min
Apr 15, 11:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley40 min
Apr 15, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.