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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Hastings, NE

May 27, 2013Hamilton County, Merrick County, York County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 2013, 5:51 AM CDT for Hamilton County, Merrick County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 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 27, 2013, 5:51 AM CDT (10:51 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2013, 6:15 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, NE, Merrick County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.3
Supercell composite: 16.4

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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 27, 3:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 5:50 AM CDT, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 27, 12:28 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 12:55 AM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 1:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 27, 5:34 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Valley	49 min
May 26, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Valley	51 min
May 26, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Valley	49 min
May 26, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Valley	40 min
May 26, 9:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Valley	48 min
May 26, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Valley	44 min
May 26, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley, Valley	52 min
May 27, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Valley	32 min
May 27, 12:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley, Nance	35 min
May 27, 1:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Merrick, Nance, Polk	24 min
May 27, 5:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hall	26 min
May 27, 6:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	23 min
May 27, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan	30 min
May 27, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps	23 min
May 27, 4:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	50 min
May 27, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps	47 min
May 27, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo, Phelps	51 min
May 27, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps	46 min
May 27, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	44 min
May 27, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Kearney	43 min
May 27, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Kearney	41 min
May 27, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin	33 min
May 27, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	31 min
May 27, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan	33 min
May 27, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams	43 min
May 27, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton	40 min
May 27, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	37 min
May 27, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Webster	45 min
May 27, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay	42 min
May 27, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	33 min
May 27, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	38 min
May 27, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips	16 min
May 27, 6:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Smith	33 min
May 27, 6:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell, Smith	33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.