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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Hastings, NE
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.
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
&&
PFANNKUCHLocal 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.
&&
FAYLocal 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.
&&
SROSSILocal 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.
&&
SROSSISpecial 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
HEINLEINLocal storm report, May 27, 9:04 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 38 min |
| May 27, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 48 min |
| May 27, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls | 25 min |
| May 27, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer | 49 min |
| May 27, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 31 min |
| May 27, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 48 min |
| May 27, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 30 min |
| May 27, 8:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Fillmore | 3 hr |
| May 27, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 51 min |
| May 27, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 40 min |
| May 27, 9:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 31 min |
| May 27, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Valley | 49 min |
| May 27, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 35 min |
| May 27, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 29 min |
| May 27, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 34 min |
| May 27, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 45 min |
| May 27, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell | 40 min |
| May 27, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 33 min |
| May 27, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 36 min |
| May 28, 3:17 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks, Smith | 30 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.