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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

May 26, 2013Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2013, 2:08 AM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2013, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2013, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

County Jewell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 00:00Z on 2013-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2299 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2013-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2299 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

364 
WWUS83 KGID 260708
SPSGID

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
208 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

KSZ007-260730-
JEWELL KS-
208 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JEWELL COUNTY UNTIL 230 AM CDT...

AT 205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING 
STRONG WINDS BEHIND WEAKENING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING 
FROM BURR OAK TO ESBON...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND BEHIND THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  IONIA...
  WEBBER...
  MANKATO...
  LOVEWELL STATE PARK...
  MONTROSE...
  FORMOSO...
  JEWELL...
  RANDALL...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 3999 9797 3958 9795 3960 9849 3999 9848
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 255DEG 14KT 3988 9821 3977 9845

$$

FAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson46 min
May 25, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSherman51 min
May 25, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper25 min
May 25, 8:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas52 min
May 25, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper, Phelps47 min
May 25, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas52 min
May 25, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips26 min
May 25, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith28 min
May 25, 11:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith31 min
May 26, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith37 min
May 26, 1:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne34 min
May 26, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks33 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.