Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2013, 4:54 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 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
- Jun 8, 2013, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2013, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Mitchell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 8, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 2:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 246 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 246 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TEMPERATURES. SATELLITE AND OBSERVATIONS SHOW CLOUDS OVER MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA. THERE MAY BE A FEW BREAKS...BUT THEY SHOULD BE SMALL. IN ADDITION THE RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA WITH A STRONGER BAND MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE COLD FRONT JUST MOVING INTO THE FAR WESTERN PART OF THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIER BAND OF SHOWERS IS NEAR THE FRONT. CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THE LATEST RAP WOULD SUGGEST THE MUCAPE INCREASING IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AND EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITH THE INCREASING CAPE. THE ONLY CONCERN AT THIS POINT IS THAT THE CLOUDS AND SHOWERS HAVE KEPT THE HEATING FROM ALLOWING INSTABILITY TO INCREASE. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE THAT IS COMING IN THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT TO OVERCOME AND ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. EXPECT THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BE IN THE EASTERN HALF OR SO OF THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE AND SURFACE COLD FRONT THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA ARE MAINLY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT A FEW LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EAST DURING THE EVENING BUT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA DURING THE EVENING HOURS. ONCE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS...CLOUDS SHOULD CLEAR OUT OF THE AREA FAIRLY QUICKLY. LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE DRY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS IN THE WESTERN CONUS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE WARMER ON SUNDAY. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 246 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE WEATHER THIS WEEK AS AN EARLY TASTE OF SUMMER SETTLES OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL AND PRECIPITATION LIKELY VERY LIMITED THROUGH AT LEAST THE WORK WEEK. MID RANGE MODELS ALL POINT TOWARD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS EXPANDING ITS REACH NORTH THROUGH MID/LATE WEEK. VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AT 700MB /12C-18C/ ARE COMMONLY FORECAST WITH 850MB TEMPERATURES OF +30C. THIS WILL BE THE HOTTEST SPELL SO FAR OF THE SEASON WITH TRIPLE DIGITS IN PLAY OVER THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE FORECAST AREA...ESPECIALLY ON TUESDAY. THE VAST MAJORITY OF ANY REALISTIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCE WILL BE NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...RIMMING NEBRASKA AND INTO THE DAKOTAS...WHICH IS NORMAL WITH HIGH PRESSURE EXPECTED TO BUILD NORTH AS IS IN THIS FORECAST. IN GENERAL...ITS A DRY WEEK FOR MOST WITH VERY WARM MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES EFFECTIVELY CAPPING ANY SUBSTANTIAL CHANCES FOR RAIN. ONE MINOR EXCEPTION...MORE LIKELY A LOT MORE WIND THAN RAIN...IS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. TYPICAL HEAT AND ELEVATION EFFECTS ROM FURNAS TO OSBORNE COUNTIES WESTWARD...WILL RESULT IN STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND SOME HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS TRYING TO DEVELOP...DESPITE MEAGER MOISTURE. IN FACT...THE LIKELY 50 DEGREE SURFACE TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREAD WILL EVAPORATE ANY PRECIPITATION WHICH FORMS AS IT FALLS...AND PROBABLY JUST RESULT IN SOME GUSTY WINDS FOR A COUPLE HOURS NEAR STRUGGLING SHOWERS. FOR NOW HAVE KEEP SILENT 14% PRECIPITATION CHANCES...BUT THOSE MAY NEED TO BE BUMPED TO A 20-25% CHANCE IN SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS. ALSO...WHILE TUESDAY IS HOT...IT WILL BE BREEZY/WINDY MOST AREAS WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH POSSIBLE FROM THE SOUTH. MOTHER NATURE IS PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS FOR A BLAST FURNACE TYPE OF DAY TUESDAY. ASIDE FROM TUESDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE IN THE UPPER 80S TO MIDDLE 90S...WITH NORTH CENTRAL LIKELY SEEING 90-95 DEGREES ON THE COOLER DAYS...IF YOU WILL. FINALLY...THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TOKEN LATE WEEK THUNDERSTORM CHANCES /THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY/ THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MAY FLATTEN A BIT BY NEXT WEEKEND...AND THUS THE SMALL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM...BUT ITS PRETTY IFFY...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1208 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 SHOWERS CONTINUE TO BE SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT TO THE WEST OF THE KGRI TERMINAL AREA WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND THEN INCREASE. WITH THE FRONT THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ONCE THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA CLOUDS WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AS WELL. WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE MORNING SUNDAY. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JCB LONG TERM...MORITZ AVIATION...JCB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 2:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
256 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013
KSZ017-082045-
ROOKS KS-
256 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN ROOKS COUNTY UNTIL 345
PM CDT...
AT 251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ZURICH...OR 22 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF HILL CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
WEBSTER STATE PARK...
ZURICH...
PLAINVILLE...
STOCKTON...
CODELL...
WOODSTON...
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 3913 9959 3927 9959 3941 9946 3948 9904
3913 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 268DEG 27KT 3918 9947
GUERREROSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 4:10 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 410 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 KSZ005-006-017-018-082200- OSBORNE KS-PHILLIPS KS-ROOKS KS-SMITH KS- 410 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OSBORNE... SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS...NORTHEASTERN ROOKS AND SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT... AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF KIRWIN...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 30 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... CEDAR... GAYLORD... HARLAN... PORTIS... LAT...LON 3973 9865 3949 9863 3946 9913 3966 9916 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 264DEG 27KT 3957 9907 GUERRERO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phelps | 44 min |
| Jun 8, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 4:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 48 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.