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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

June 30, 2012Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2012, 7:40 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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
Jun 30, 2012, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

County Osborne County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 295 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 30, 6:50 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 6:50 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
650 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

.AVIATION...00Z KGRI TAF...PRIMARILY VFR CONDITIONS TO PERSIST AT
KGRI FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IN THE MEANTIME...DO NOT EXPECT MID
LEVEL CLOUD DECK TO CLEAR OUT VERY SOON...AND BKN CIGS NEAR OR
JUST BELOW 15KFT EXPECTED THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IN
ADDITION...A MEANDERING BOUNDARY TO THE SOUTH OF THE TERMINAL MAY
HELP SPARK A FEW TSRAS DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS NEAR
KGRI...AND INCLUDED A TEMPO GROUP FROM 01/03Z-01/07Z TO COVER
THIS POSSIBILITY. THEREAFTER...EXPECT CLOUDS TO BEGIN TO THIN BY
MORNING...WITH WINDS INCREASING FROM THE SOUTH AS PRESSURE
GRADIENT TIGHTENS ACROSS THE REGION.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 257 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012/

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND TOMORROW.

ONGOING WEATHER AT PRESENT TIME. MAIN CONCERNS FOR THE SHORT TERM
PERIOD WILL FOCUS ON CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND HIGH TEMPERATURES.

WHILE THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO FLATTEN...A FEW UPPER LEVEL
SHORT WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO TOMORROW. AT THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE ALONG
THE FRONT RANGE AND A MEANDERING BOUNDARY WILL ALSO HELP SUPPORT THE
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
WHILE WEAK SHEAR PERSISTS...AND A CAP WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS THE
REGION...SHOULD STORMS DEVELOP AS ARE CONTINUING...DECENT
INSTABILITY ACROSS THE REGION SUGGESTS STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
SHOULD THEY BREAK THE CAP. MAIN CONCERN WILL LIKELY BE LARGE
HAIL...ALTHOUGH DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALSO BE A THREAT.

BY TOMORROW...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION WITH
WARM AIR ADVECTION AND WARMER 850 TEMPERATURES SLIDING BACK INTO THE
AREA. DECIDED TO INCREASE HIGH TEMPERATURES A TAD TOMORROW
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH...AS MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS POSSIBLE
100S NEAR ODX.

LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE FORECAST CAN BE
SUMMED UP AS HOT AND DRY. STAGNANT AIR MASS IS FORECAST TO KEEP GRIP
ON THE AREA AS STRONG UPPER RIDGE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS.

AT THIS POINT RIDGE RIDERS WILL STAY WEST AND NORTH OF THE AREA.
TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD...NEXT WEEKEND...WHEN THE RIDGE MAY
BREAK DOWN ENOUGH TO ALLOW A FEW WAVES TO ROTATE OVER THE AREA.

MAX TEMPS AROUND THE CENTURY MARK AND MINS 70 TO 75 WILL BE THE
MONOTONOUS RULE THROUGH THE PERIOD.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.

&&

AVIATION...ROSSI
SHORT TERM...SALTZMAN
LONG TERM...EDDY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
315 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
012015-
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-
315 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE
NIGHT. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE
PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY MORNING ALONG AND
NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM HEBRON...TO HASTINGS...TO NORTH LOUP.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL AGAIN APPROACH 105 DEGREES ACROSS MOST OF
THE AREA ON SUNDAY. THEY WILL ALSO BE NEAR 105 DEGREES IN NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS EVERY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LOCALIZED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
543 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

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

0427 PM     HAIL             14 NNW GREELEY          41.74N 98.63W
04/20/2012  E0.50 INCH       GREELEY            NE   PUBLIC

            DIME SIZED HAIL WITH RAIN.

&&

PBEDA
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
610 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

KSZ007-019-302345-
JEWELL KS-MITCHELL KS-
610 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL AND
MITCHELL COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...

AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SCOTTSVILLE TO GLEN
ELDER...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BELOIT...
  SCOTTSVILLE...
  ASHERVILLE...
  SIMPSON...

LAT...LON 3957 9840 3958 9792 3923 9792 3922 9793
      3922 9825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 288DEG 10KT 3956 9797 3948 9824
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:44 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
644 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

KSZ007-010000-
JEWELL KS-
644 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM CDT...

AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUPERIOR...OR 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CONCORDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LOVEWELL STATE PARK...

LAT...LON 3977 9794 4000 9827 4000 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 299DEG 27KT 3997 9800

ROSSI
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:06 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
706 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

KSZ017-010030-
ROOKS KS-
706 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ROOKS COUNTY UNTIL 730
PM CDT...

AT 702 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PALCO TO PLAINVILLE
TO NATOMA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN ROOKS COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3933 9961 3936 9961 3933 9905 3913 9904
      3913 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 344DEG 11KT 3923 9952 3917 9929
          3917 9908

ROSSI
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:32 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
732 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

KSZ017-010100-
ROOKS KS-
732 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ROOKS COUNTY UNTIL 800
PM CDT...

AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PALCO TO ZURICH TO PLAINVILLE TO CODELL TO NATOMA...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN ROOKS COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3913 9961 3931 9961 3931 9906 3913 9906
      3913 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 303DEG 9KT 3919 9963 3918 9946
          3917 9935 3917 9922 3916 9908

ROSSI
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
740 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

KSZ018-010100-
OSBORNE KS-
740 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY UNTIL 800
PM CDT...

AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NATOMA TO 9 MILES
EAST OF NATOMA TO 8 MILES NORTH OF LURAY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL OSBORNE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3913 9905 3933 9905 3933 9863 3913 9861
      3913 9883
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 178DEG 14KT 3922 9901 3924 9886
          3923 9873

ROSSI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls32 min
Jun 30, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls32 min
Jun 30, 10:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls25 min
Jul 1, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore31 min
Jun 30, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks24 min
Jun 30, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks28 min
Jun 30, 8:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne42 min
Jun 30, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne35 min
Jun 30, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks41 min
Jun 30, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne12 min
Jun 30, 8:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith39 min
Jun 30, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks32 min
Jun 30, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell28 min
Jun 30, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell37 min
Jun 30, 10:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell25 min
Jun 30, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell46 min
Jun 30, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell33 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.