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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Hastings, NE

August 9, 2014Valley County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2014, 9:44 AM CDT for Valley County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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, 9:44 AM CDT (14:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2014, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Valley County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:44 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 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 12:00Z on 2014-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 996 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 12:00Z on 2014-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 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
996 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.8

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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, 9:08 AM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 9:08 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 5:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
526 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
101030-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
526 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...INITIALLY
WEST OF HIGHWAY 183 AND THEN SLIDE SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

AT LEAST SLIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE FOR MOST OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA ON SUNDAY MORNING...AND THEN LINGER INTO SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY WITHIN COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF
HIGHWAY 281. AT THIS TIME...ANY STORMS THAT AFFECT THE AREA AFTER
SUNRISE SUNDAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

FOLLOWING A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL EARLY NEXT
WEEK...VARIOUS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE FORECAST DURING
THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY TIME FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

WESELY/PFANNKUCH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:50 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 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
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 4:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
401 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

NEZ060-090930-
DAWSON NE-
401 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 430
AM CDT...

AT 400 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
COZAD...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
COZAD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 217 AND 231.

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 4078 10006 4095 10009 4104 9962 4077 9958
TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 263DEG 15KT 4088 9998

WESELY
Local storm report, Aug 9, 5:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
533 AM CDT SAT AUG 09 2014

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

0431 AM     HAIL             5 E COZAD               40.86N 99.89W
08/09/2014  E1.75 INCH       DAWSON             NE   PUBLIC

            PHOTO AND REPORT OF QUARTER TO GOLF BALL HAIL POSTED ON
            FACEBOOK. TIME AND LOCATION ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA.

&&

PFANNKUCH
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 8:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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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, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan, Phelps49 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, 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.