Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2014, 5:43 PM CDT for York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2014, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2014, 6:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 5:47 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 Ne York, NE | PUBLIC REPORT OF HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. |
| Jul 31, 6:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 6 Ese York, NE | DELAYED REPORT OF A FEW HAIL STONES UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE ON THURSDAY JUST NORTH OF I-80. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
020
WUUS53 KGID 312243
SVRGID
NEC185-312330-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0252.140731T2243Z-140731T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
543 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 542 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WACO...OR
NEAR YORK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YORK...WACO AND THAYER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4070 9757 4096 9765 4101 9738 4091 9737
4070 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 334DEG 18KT 4089 9751
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
FAY3 follow-up statements
842
WWUS53 KGID 312257
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
557 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2014
NEC185-312330-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-140731T2330Z/
YORK NE-
557 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY...
AT 556 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WACO...OR NEAR
YORK...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YORK AND WACO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4070 9757 4090 9763 4094 9738 4091 9737
4070 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 338DEG 23KT 4083 9748
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
FAY712 WWUS53 KGID 312308 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 608 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2014 NEC185-312330- /O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-140731T2330Z/ YORK NE- 608 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY... AT 607 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF MCCOOL JUNCTION...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 545 PM...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED THREE MILES NORTHEAST OF YORK. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4070 9757 4087 9757 4090 9737 4070 9737 TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 338DEG 23KT 4077 9744 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ FAY
946
WWUS53 KGID 312319
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
619 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2014
NEC185-312329-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-140731T2330Z/
YORK NE-
619 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4070 9757 4087 9757 4090 9737 4070 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 334DEG 18KT 4071 9740
$$
FAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk | 48 min |
| Jul 31, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk | 29 min |
| Jul 31, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk | 28 min |
| Jul 31, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 45 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.