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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Hastings, NE

May 27, 2013Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2013, 9:11 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2013, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2013, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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
May 27, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2013-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 690 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 2013-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
690 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
947 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.4

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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 May 27, 9:01 PM CDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 9:01 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 2:30 PM CDT, 6 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
230 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
281200-
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-
230 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

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

.DAY ONE...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED BY LATE
AFTERNOON...WITH STORM COVERAGE THEN INCREASING DURING THE EVENING
HOURS. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE IN THE OUTLOOK
AREA...BUT THE OVERALL GREATEST THREAT APPEARS TO FOCUS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80...INCLUDING NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...IN CLOSEST
PROXIMITY TO A WARM FRONT. SOME OF THE SEVERE STORMS MAY DEVELOP
DIRECTLY OVER THE AREA...WHILE OTHERS MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. ANY
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL UP TO
AROUND BASEBALL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS TO AROUND 70 MPH...AND HEAVY
RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES...WHICH COULD RESULT IN
LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE VICINITY OF FRONTAL BOUNDARIES...MAINLY IN NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA. THE LIKELIHOOD OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

AFTER 3 PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THERE IS AT LEAST A LOW PROBABILITY
OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITHIN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND ALSO
EAST OF A LINE FROM ALMA...TO KEARNEY...TO ORD IN NEBRASKA. SHOULD
AFTERNOON STORMS DEVELOP...THEY COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREATS.

FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY...THERE ARE SEVERAL CHANCES
FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS ON
TUESDAY...AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. HAIL TO THE
SIZE OF QUARTERS AND LARGER...WIND GUSTS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH...AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORM EPISODES THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS...LOWLAND FLOODING MAY BECOME A PROBLEM IF HEAVY
RAINS FALL OVER THE SAME AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THUNDERSTORM-RELATED HAZARDS...ON WEDNESDAY...A
SUSTAINED SOUTHERLY WIND OF AROUND 30 MPH...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS
TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL LIKELY BE OBSERVED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 5 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

&&

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

PFANNKUCH/BRYANT

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 8:39 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
839 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

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

0800 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 SW SHICKLEY           40.35N 97.80W
05/27/2013                   FILLMORE           NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            UPROOTED TREES AND DAMAGED CHICKEN HOUSE REPORTED IN
            EXTREME SOUTHWEST FILLMORE COUNTY ALONG ROAD Y. TIME
            ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

PFANNKUCH
Local storm report, May 27, 8:43 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
843 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

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

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BRUNING                 40.34N 97.56W
05/27/2013                   THAYER             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FIVE INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN...GAS STATION SIGN BLOWN
            OVER...GRAIN ELEVATOR SPOUTS BENT.

&&

FAY
Local storm report, May 27, 8:47 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
847 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

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

0845 PM     HEAVY RAIN       SHICKLEY                40.42N 97.72W
05/27/2013  M3.18 INCH       FILLMORE           NE   COCORAHS

            3.18 INCHES OF MEASURED RAINFALL IN LAST 55 MINUTES.

&&

SROSSI
Local storm report, May 27, 8:52 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
852 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

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

0825 PM     HAIL             2 NW MONTROSE           39.81N 98.11W
05/27/2013  M4.25 INCH       JEWELL             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGEST HAIL STONE MEASURED 5.25 INCHES. NUMEROUS STONES
            3.5 TO 4 INCHES.

&&

SROSSI
Special weather statement, May 27, 8:54 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
854 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

NEZ060-280245-
DAWSON NE-
854 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 945
PM CDT...

AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ARNOLD TO 9 MILES WEST OF GOTHENBURG TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GOTHENBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  GOTHENBURG...
  WILLOW ISLAND...
  COZAD...
  FARNAM...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 209 AND 230.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 4072 10023 4104 10023 4105 10022 4105 9976
      4102 9976 4070 9991 4070 10023
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 261DEG 23KT 4120 10030 4096 10029
          4075 10042

HEINLEIN
Local storm report, May 27, 9:04 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster38 min
May 27, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster48 min
May 27, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Nuckolls25 min
May 27, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer49 min
May 27, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer31 min
May 27, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer48 min
May 27, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls30 min
May 27, 8:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFillmore3 hr
May 27, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson51 min
May 27, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer40 min
May 27, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson31 min
May 27, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Valley49 min
May 27, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore35 min
May 27, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell29 min
May 27, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell34 min
May 27, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith45 min
May 27, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell40 min
May 27, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell33 min
May 27, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell49 min
May 27, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell36 min
May 28, 3:17 PM CDTWind AdvisoryGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks, Smith30 hr

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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.