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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Hastings, NE

May 30, 2013Jewell County, Mitchell County, Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2013, 4:45 PM CDT for Jewell County, Mitchell County, Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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 30, 2013, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2013, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -103 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-357 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 30, 4:01 PM CDT, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 4:01 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:06 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
303 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

NEZ072-073-082-083-302030-
FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-HARLAN NE-PHELPS NE-
303 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHELPS...
NORTHWESTERN HARLAN...SOUTHERN GOSPER AND NORTHERN FURNAS COUNTIES
UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLBROOK...OR 34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ARAPAHOE...
  BERTRAND...

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 4036 10010 4042 10010 4044 10010 4045 10006
      4044 9999 4048 9998 4055 9953 4028 9951
      4028 10014 4035 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 261DEG 21KT 4035 10003

ADO
Special weather statement, May 30, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 30, 3:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 30, 3:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
333 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

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

0324 PM     HAIL             4 SE BERTRAND           40.49N 99.58W
05/30/2013  E0.75 INCH       PHELPS             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

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ODER
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:00 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
400 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

KSZ017-018-302145-
OSBORNE KS-ROOKS KS-
400 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL OSBORNE AND EASTERN ROOKS
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CODELL...OR 35 MILES SOUTH
OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  NATOMA...
  OSBORNE...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3950 9863 3917 9859 3916 9922 3936 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 263DEG 23KT 3927 9911
Local storm report, May 30, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 7:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHarlan34 min
May 29, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan44 min
May 29, 8:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk, York52 min
May 29, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan20 min
May 29, 8:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDPhelps3 hr
May 29, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Nuckolls, Webster43 min
May 29, 9:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Clay, Kearney24 min
May 29, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster45 min
May 29, 9:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDBuffalo, Kearney3 hr
May 29, 10:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore, Thayer29 min
May 29, 10:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDPolk, York4 hr
May 30, 12:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls35 hr
May 30, 9:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDClay, Hamilton, York8 hr
May 30, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper27 min
May 30, 3:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps30 min
May 30, 3:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper44 min
May 30, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDThayer48 min
May 30, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMerrick49 min
May 30, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance47 min
May 29, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips29 min
May 29, 8:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips, Rooks26 min
May 29, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne, Smith9 min
May 29, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne22 min
May 29, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell40 min
May 29, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell, Mitchell50 min
May 30, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne45 min
May 30, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne35 min
May 30, 5:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell50 min
May 30, 6:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips27 min
May 30, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.