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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

July 1, 2012Fillmore County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2012, 12:29 AM CDT for Fillmore County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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
Jul 1, 2012, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

County Fillmore County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4159 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.0

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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 Jul 1, 12:06 AM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 12:06 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:15 PM CDT, 9 hours 14 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

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1020 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

NEZ086-010345-
NUCKOLLS NE-
1020 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY UNTIL
1045 PM CDT...

AT 1017 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUPERIOR...OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CONCORDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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...
  SUPERIOR...
  HARDY...

LAT...LON 4000 9818 4014 9816 4020 9791 4000 9784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 337DEG 7KT 4007 9801

BRYANT
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:29 PM CDT, 2 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1029 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

KSZ007-010415-
JEWELL KS-
1029 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTY UNTIL
1115 PM CDT...

AT 1026 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTROSE...OR 27 MILES
NORTH OF BELOIT...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 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...
  MANKATO...
  MONTROSE...
  FORMOSO...

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 3976 9826 3998 9823 4000 9823 4001 9800
      4000 9793 3997 9792 3976 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 355DEG 13KT 3985 9814

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 10:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 12:29 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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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
Jun 30, 7:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks24 min
Jun 30, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks28 min
Jun 30, 7:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne20 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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Special Weather Statements in Nebraska, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.