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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 2013, 7:20 PM CDT for Greeley County, Howard County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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
- Oct 2, 2013, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Greeley County, NE, Howard County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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 nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 361 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
- 938 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1244 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 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 Oct 2, 6:56 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 6:56 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 3:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 321 PM CDT WED OCT 2 2013 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 031200- 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- 321 PM CDT WED OCT 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER PRIMARILY BETWEEN ELM CREEK AND ALDA INTO THE EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY PRODUCE NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS. FOG MAY LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...AND SEVERE STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL OF QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR GREATER AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES IN THE VICINITY OF FRONTAL BOUNDARIES. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE INTO THE DAYTIME FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...AND LINGER FOR SOME LOCATIONS EAST OF HIGHWAY 281 FRIDAY EVENING. ALTHOUGH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS HIGH AT THIS TIME...A THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD MATERIALIZE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM FULLERTON TO NELSON NEBRASKA...TO TIPTON KANSAS. STARTING BY FRIDAY EVENING...AND POSSIBLY LASTING INTO THE DAYTIME SATURDAY...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA BEHIND A SHARP COLD FRONT. PARTS OF THE AREA WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE SUSTAINED SPEEDS APPROACHING 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS POTENTIALLY OVER 40 MPH. THEN FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...THE COLDEST AIR MASS SO FAR THIS SEASON WILL SETTLE INTO THE REGION. ALTHOUGH THERE IS PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING CLOUD COVER AND WIND SPEEDS...TEMPERATURES DROPPING WELL INTO THE 30S IN MOST AREAS COULD PROMOTE THE FIRST FROST OF THE SEASON...AND POSSIBLY A FREEZE FOR FAR NORTHWEST AREAS GENERALLY ALONG A LINE FROM GOTHENBURG TO ORD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 2, 5:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
517 PM CDT WED OCT 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM HAIL 4 NNE WOLBACH 41.45N 98.36W
10/02/2013 E0.88 INCH GREELEY NE PUBLIC
HEAVY RAIN WITH NICKEL SIZED HAIL MIXED IN.
&&
PBEDALocal storm report, Oct 2, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
521 PM CDT WED OCT 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM HAIL 5 NNE WOLBACH 41.47N 98.35W
10/02/2013 E1.00 INCH GREELEY NE PUBLIC
HEAVY RAIN WITH QUARTER SIZED HAIL
&&
PBEDALocal storm report, Oct 2, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
545 PM CDT WED OCT 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM HAIL 4 S GREELEY 41.49N 98.53W
10/02/2013 M1.75 INCH GREELEY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
RAIN WITH MOSTLY HAIL...GOLF BALLS AND QUARTERS.
&&
PBEDASpecial weather statement, Oct 2, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 617 PM CDT WED OCT 2 2013 NEZ040-030000- GREELEY NE- 617 PM CDT WED OCT 2 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GREELEY COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SCOTIA...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORD... MOVING EAST AT 10 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... GREELEY... WOLBACH... 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 4166 9829 4139 9830 4139 9874 4155 9875 TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 265DEG 10KT 4147 9862 BRYANT
Local storm report, Oct 2, 6:44 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
644 PM CDT WED OCT 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0628 PM HAIL 5 NE SCOTIA 41.52N 98.63W
10/02/2013 E1.50 INCH GREELEY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL WITH RAIN MIXED IN.
&&
PBEDASpecial weather statement, Oct 2, 7:08 PM CDT, 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard | 52 min |
| Oct 2, 8:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard, Sherman | 26 min |
| Oct 2, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hall | 35 min |
| Oct 2, 11:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Hall, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 12:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams | 39 min |
| Oct 3, 1:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Adams, Clay, Fillmore | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls | 36 min |
| Oct 3, 2:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Kearney, Phelps | 17 hr |
| Oct 3, 9:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Clay, Nuckolls | 28 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.