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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Hastings, NE

August 9, 2014Harlan County, Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2014, 3:56 AM CDT for Harlan County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 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
Aug 9, 2014, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2014, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Harlan County, NE, Phelps County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 613 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
613 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2291 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 Aug 9, 1:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 1:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 9, 2:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
245 AM CDT SAT AUG 09 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1014 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 ENE EDDYVILLE         41.03N 99.55W
08/08/2014  E50.00 MPH       DAWSON             NE   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 50MPH WITH PEA
            SIZED HAIL

1026 PM     HAIL             MILLER                  40.93N 99.39W
08/08/2014  M0.50 INCH       BUFFALO            NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DEPUTY REPORTING PEA TO DIME SIZED HAIL FALLING IN MILLER

1040 PM     HAIL             AMHERST                 40.84N 99.27W
08/08/2014  M1.00 INCH       BUFFALO            NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL WITH WINDS OF 50 MPH.

1055 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 NE RIVERDALE          40.79N 99.15W
08/08/2014  E45.00 MPH       BUFFALO            NE   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATED 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL

1115 PM     HAIL             2 NE KEARNEY            40.72N 99.06W
08/08/2014  E1.00 INCH       BUFFALO            NE   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            EST WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. HAIL THE SIZE OF
            QUARTERS CURRENTLY FALLING.

1152 PM     TSTM WND GST     6 N MINDEN              40.59N 98.95W
08/08/2014  E60.00 MPH       KEARNEY            NE   STORM CHASER

            EST 60 MPH OUTFLOW WIND GUST FROM STORM CHASER 6 NORTH OF
            MINDEN.

1153 PM     TSTM WND GST     ARAPAHOE                40.31N 99.90W
08/08/2014  E60.00 MPH       FURNAS             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 60 MPH

1200 AM     HEAVY RAIN       KEARNEY                 40.70N 99.08W
08/09/2014  U0.00 INCH       BUFFALO            NE   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            REPORT FROM EM OF STREET FLOODING IN KEARNEY. SEVERAL
            CARS REPORTED STALLED IN WATER UP TO 3FT DEEP.

1210 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 E OXFORD              40.25N 99.61W
08/09/2014  E60.00 MPH       HARLAN             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 60 MPH ON EAST SIDE OF OXFORD

1213 AM     FLASH FLOOD      KEARNEY                 40.70N 99.08W
08/09/2014                   BUFFALO            NE   PUBLIC

            OBSERVED 15 TO 20 STALLED CARS WITH FLOODING ON MOST
            STREETS ACROSS KEARNEY. RAINFALL WAS LATER MEASURED TO BE
            AROUND 3.5 INCHES.

1220 AM     HEAVY RAIN       KEARNEY                 40.70N 99.08W
08/09/2014  E3.50 INCH       BUFFALO            NE   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT FROM UNOFFICIAL PERSONAL RAIN GAUGE OF 3.5
            INCHES OF RAIN. PUBLIC ALSO REPORTED STEET FLOODING
            AROUND THE VIADUCT.

&&
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY LIST OF STORM REPORTS FROM THE EVENING OF
FRIDAY AUGUST 8TH INTO EARLY MORNING OF SATURDAY THE 9TH. MORE
REPORTS WILL LIKELY BE RECEIVED/ISSUED DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY...INCLUDING ADDITIONAL MEASURED HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS.

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:50 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
350 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

NEZ073-083-090915-
HARLAN NE-PHELPS NE-
350 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHELPS AND
NORTHWESTERN HARLAN COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM CDT...

AT 348 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
WEST OF ATLANTA ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERN PHELPS AND NORTHWESTERN
HARLAN COUNTY BORDER...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS POTENTIALLY IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOLDREGE...LOOMIS AND ATLANTA.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4047 9929 4024 9931 4030 9963 4035 9963
      4035 9964 4049 9965
TIME...MOT...LOC 0848Z 281DEG 17KT 4037 9956

PFANNKUCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Sherman38 min
Aug 8, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo46 min
Aug 8, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson44 min
Aug 8, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson52 min
Aug 8, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo41 min
Aug 8, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson42 min
Aug 8, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney38 min
Aug 8, 11:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson24 min
Aug 8, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney46 min
Aug 8, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper, Phelps42 min
Aug 8, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps49 min
Aug 9, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson40 min
Aug 9, 12:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson38 min
Aug 9, 12:09 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDBuffalo3 hr
Aug 9, 12:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDBuffalo4 hr
Aug 9, 12:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin46 min
Aug 9, 12:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo46 min
Aug 9, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster46 min
Aug 9, 3:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps25 min
Aug 9, 4:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson29 min
Aug 9, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson40 min
Aug 9, 8:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley20 min
Aug 9, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley14 min
Aug 9, 8:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley12 min
Aug 9, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley31 min
Aug 9, 10:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNance25 min
Aug 9, 10:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley20 min
Aug 9, 10:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley14 min
Aug 9, 11:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley14 min
Aug 9, 11:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley16 min
Aug 9, 12:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley45 min
Aug 9, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley36 min
Aug 9, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley40 min
Aug 9, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley32 min
Aug 9, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley45 min
Aug 9, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley27 min
Aug 9, 2:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDGreeley3 hr
Aug 9, 6:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin49 min
Aug 9, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster29 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.