Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2013
Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 46 min |
| May 25, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Sherman | 51 min |
| May 25, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Gosper | 25 min |
| May 25, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas | 52 min |
| May 25, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 47 min |
| May 25, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 52 min |
| May 25, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips | 26 min |
| May 25, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 28 min |
| May 25, 11:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 31 min |
| May 26, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 37 min |
| May 26, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne | 34 min |
| May 26, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.