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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Hastings, NE

May 19, 2013Merrick County, Nance County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2013, 5:39 PM CDT for Merrick County, Nance County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2013, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 5:46 PM CDTHAIL 12 W Fullerton, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 19, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1125 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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 19, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 3:18 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
318 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 235 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

WE ARE MONITORING RADAR.

PLEASE SEE THE 1113 AM AFD FOR OUR MORE EXTENSIVE THINKING ON THE
CONVECTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND EXPECTATIONS.

ALOFT: AN 85 KT ULJ ON THE DYNAMIC TROPOPAUSE WAS EJECTING ONTO THE
SRN PLAINS WITH A CUT-OFF LOW DEVELOPING OVER SD.

SFC: A COOL FRONT BISECTED THE FCST AREA AT 19Z /ROUGHLY JUST W OF
HWY 281/. THIS FRONT WILL SLOWLY DEPART TO THE E THIS EVNG...
PUTTING THE FCST AREA IN THE COOL SECTOR OF THE CUT-OFF.

NOW THRU SUNSET: DESTABILIZATION IS UNDERWAY. SO EXPECT SCT TSTMS
WILL CONTINUE TO ERUPT. THE WIND PROFILE IS BECOMING UNIDIRECTIONAL
AND 0-5 KM SHEAR WILL BE DECREASING OVER THE NEXT 6 HRS. MLCAPE
SHOULD PEAK AROUND 1500 J/KG. STORMS SHOULD ORGANIZE INTO SHORT
LINE SEGMENTS OF MULTICELLS. OVERALL EXPECT A DECENT AMT OF SUB-
SEVERE HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

WHILE TOR WW 181 IS IN EFFECT FROM GENEVA NEB-BELOIT KS...THIS IS
MAINLY TO COVER THE INITIAL TSTM DEVELOPMENT THAT IS LIKELY TO TAKE
THE FORM OF MARGINAL 1" HAIL AND G60 MPH. AS THE STORM STRENGTHEN
THE MAIN SHOW WILL BE FURTHER E.

TNGT: TSTMS WANE WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. FCST MAY BE A LITTLE
PESSIMISTIC ON CLOUDS. EXPECT M/CLEAR TO P/CLOUDY.

MON: A DECENT START TO THE DAY BUT UPR-LVL COLD POOL WILL RESULT IN
DESTABILIZATION AND ISOLATED AFTN SHWRS AND POSSIBLY A TSTM. BEST
CHANCE FOR THUNDER WILL BE S AND E OF THE TRI-CITIES. MOST PLACES
WILL REMAIN DRY.

BREEZY W WINDS WILL GUST 25-35 MPH AFTER 10 AM.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 318 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT
TO THE EAST FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY IT IS CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
ACROSS THE AREA. THE MUCAPE IS LITTLE TO NOTHING. IN ADDITION
DURING THIS TIME THERE IS A COLD FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA. THIS WILL HELP TO KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR. BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY THE UPPER LOW MOVES
FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST...BUT STILL SENDS SOME WEAK LOBES OF
ENERGY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. MOISTURE CONTINUES ACROSS MOST
IF NOT ALL OF THE AREA AND EXPECT THERE TO BE CLOUDS. THE SHOWERS
SHOULD BE CONFINED TO THE FAR NORTH AND THE CHANCES ARE MINIMAL.
THE COOLER AIR REMAINS ACROSS THE AREA.

A SHORT WAVE RIDGE BUILDS BEHIND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW TO THE NORTHEAST...THERE
IS A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL WAVE THAT DEVELOPS IN THE NORTHWEST
CONUS WILL START TO AFFECT THE AREA AGAIN BY THURSDAY. THE FIRST
WEAK WAVE MOVES INTO THE AREA THURSDAY AND BRINGS A SMALL CHANCE
FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THE WEAK WAVES
CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. MODELS HAVE SOME
DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING OF THE WAVES AND THEREFORE SOME
DIFFERENCES IN HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION THERE WILL BE. IT LIKELY
WILL NOT BE RAINING ALL OF THE TIME IN EVERY LOCATION...BUT HAVE
KEPT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN AROUND NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR FOR
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BUT BY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS A SURFACE LOW
DEVELOPS ON THE HIGH PLAINS...WINDS TURN TO THE SOUTH AND THERE IS
SOME WARM ADVECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN
FOR THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z MONDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1237 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

THIS AFTN: VFR. POCKETS OF IFR VSBYS IN SCT SHWRS/TSTMS THIS AFTN.
WONT INCLUDE TSRA/CB IN THE TAF UNTIL IT HAS A LEGIT CHANCE OF
HITTING THE TERMINAL. SO WATCH FOR AMENDMENTS. E WINDS AROUND 10
KTS WILL GRADUALLY SWING AROUND TO SW.

TNGT: VFR. ANY SCT SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY WANES WITH SUNSET. W WINDS
AROUND 10 KTS.

MON THRU 18Z: VFR WITH W WINDS INCREASING AND GUSTING 25-30 KTS
AFTER 16Z.

CIG CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
VSBY CONFIDENCE: HIGH
WIND CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM
WX CONFIDENCE: MEDIUM

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...HALBLAUB
LONG TERM...JCB
AVIATION...HALBLAUB
Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 3:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
323 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
202030-
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-
323 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD TURN SEVERE. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE ONE INCH HAIL...AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH BY 9 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA. NO SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR.

THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. IT IS STILL
TOO EARLY TO DEFINITIVELY DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
LEVEL WITH THOSE THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS.

&&

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

HALBLAUB

In the hours before

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Local storm report, May 19, 5:37 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
537 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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

0536 PM     HAIL             HASTINGS                40.59N 98.39W
05/19/2013  E1.25 INCH       ADAMS              NE   PUBLIC

&&

REED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin51 min
May 18, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps27 min
May 18, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster30 min
May 18, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster36 min
May 18, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo28 min
May 18, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster31 min
May 18, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Nuckolls26 min
May 18, 8:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley35 min
May 18, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore, Hamilton, York43 min
May 18, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley31 min
May 18, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore, Polk, York32 min
May 18, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNance31 min
May 18, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDThayer34 min
May 18, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer32 min
May 19, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo31 min
May 19, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo42 min
May 19, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley, Howard, Valley34 min
May 19, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson26 min
May 19, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson38 min
May 19, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard41 min
May 19, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall52 min
May 19, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson45 min
May 19, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley31 min
May 19, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall29 min
May 19, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall52 min
May 19, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Merrick, Nance51 min
May 19, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson31 min
May 19, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGreeley, Nance18 min
May 19, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo28 min
May 19, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Hamilton, Merrick50 min
May 19, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay46 min
May 19, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls12 min
May 19, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo32 min
May 19, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls41 min
May 19, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay52 min
May 18, 7:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDOsborne36 min
May 18, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDCloud19 min
May 18, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell36 min
May 19, 6:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne18 min
May 19, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne44 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.