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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Hastings, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 5:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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
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
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</html>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
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REEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 51 min |
| May 18, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phelps | 27 min |
| May 18, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster | 30 min |
| May 18, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Webster | 36 min |
| May 18, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo | 28 min |
| May 18, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 31 min |
| May 18, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Nuckolls | 26 min |
| May 18, 8:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 35 min |
| May 18, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 43 min |
| May 18, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 31 min |
| May 18, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore, Polk, York | 32 min |
| May 18, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nance | 31 min |
| May 18, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 34 min |
| May 18, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 32 min |
| May 19, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo | 31 min |
| May 19, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 42 min |
| May 19, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Greeley, Howard, Valley | 34 min |
| May 19, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 26 min |
| May 19, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 38 min |
| May 19, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 41 min |
| May 19, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall | 52 min |
| May 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 45 min |
| May 19, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Greeley | 31 min |
| May 19, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hall | 29 min |
| May 19, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 52 min |
| May 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Merrick, Nance | 51 min |
| May 19, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 31 min |
| May 19, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Nance | 18 min |
| May 19, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo | 28 min |
| May 19, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton, Merrick | 50 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay | 46 min |
| May 19, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls | 12 min |
| May 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo | 32 min |
| May 19, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 41 min |
| May 19, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay | 52 min |
| May 18, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 36 min |
| May 18, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Cloud | 19 min |
| May 18, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 36 min |
| May 19, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 18 min |
| May 19, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 44 min |
Nearby
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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.