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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 280, NWS Hastings, NE

August 9, 2014Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2014, 9:01 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2014, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 9, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 795 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
795 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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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, 6:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 6:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
633 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 310 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

SVR WX WATCH WAS COORDINATED WITH SPC AT 255 PM AND HAS POSTED.

NOT MUCH TIME FOR A FULL AFD DUE TO ON-GOING TSTMS AND PREP FOR
ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

MULTICELL ACTIVITY HAS BEEN PREVALENT OVER VALLEY/GREELEY/NANCE
COUNTIES SINCE 8 AM. WHILE HAIL HAS BEEN THE MAIN THREAT...THE
GROWING CONCERN IS THESE STORMS BECOME SURFACE-BASED AND
THREATEN WIND DAMAGE AS WELL.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE BOUNDARIES FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION...
INCLUDING THE OUTFLOW FROM THE ON-GOING ACTIVITY...DIFFERENTIAL
HEATING N AND E OF THE TRI-CITIES AND THE INVERTED TROF OVER THE
PANHANDLE.

THERE IS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROF APPROACHING /CURRENTLY OVER ERN
WY-CO/. THIS TROF WILL ENHANCE TSTM DEVELOPMENT WITH NUMEROUS
CELL MERGERS AND UPSCALE GROWTH INTO ONE OR MORE LINES EXPECTED.

MLCAPE IS CURRENTLY 1000-2500 J/KG WITH HIGHEST VALUES S AND W OF
THE ON-GOING ACTIVITY. WINDS ALOFT AND SHEAR ARE MARGINALLY
FAVORABLE.

WE EXPECT ONE OR MORE TSTM CLUSTERS TO MOVE THRU OVERNIGHT AND BE
E OF THE REGION SUN MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A LITTLE
REDEVELOPMENT LATE SUN AFTERNOON. SVR THREAT SHOULD BE VERY
LIMITED AS 0-6 KM SHEAR WEAKENS TO UNDER 20 KTS OVER S-CNTRL NEB.

.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 310 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

GUIDANCE SUGGESTS NORTHWESTERLY UPPER TROPOSPHERIC FLOW WILL
PERSIST MONDAY AND TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH THIS FLOW WILL WEAKEN
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS UPPER TROPOSPHERIC RIDGING BUILDS INTO
THE AREA. THIS FLOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE ZONAL HEADING
INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS AN UPPER TROPOSPHERIC SHORT WAVE
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST.

AN OVERALL LACK IN OMEGA SHOULD PROMOTE DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY. INCREASING OMEGA...AHEAD OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED UPPER TROPOSPHERIC SHORT WAVE...COULD THEN PROMOTE
PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. AS A
RESULT... ALLBLEND RESPONDED BY PRESENTING 20-40% POPS TO MUCH OF
THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AND THESE POPS WERE LEFT
UNCHANGED FOR THE MOST PART.

LITTLE CHANGE IN THE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC AIR MASS SHOULD PROMOTE
SIMILAR TEMPERATURE READINGS FROM DAY TO DAY DURING THE LONG TERM
FORECAST PERIOD...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 80S AND OVERNIGHT
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S AND 60S EXPECTED FOR THE MOST PART.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 616 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

EXPECT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO APPROACH THE LOCAL
AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BRINGING
TEMPORARY MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS FROM AROUND 10/01Z-10/04Z. COULD
SEE BRIEFLY LOWER CATEGORIES...BUT WILL WAIT TO AMEND TAF IF
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND FURTHER DETERIORATION OF
CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED. OTHERWISE...EXPECT SOME PATCHY FOG
FORMATION TO ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE DURING THE MORNING HOURS
TOMORROW ONCE THE STORMS PASS...WITH IMPROVING CONDITIONS AND
GENERALLY NORTHERLY WINDS NEAR 10-15 KTS THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...HALBLAUB
LONG TERM...BRYANT
AVIATION...ROSSI
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 3:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
319 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
102030-
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-
319 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 457 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM AND BECOME WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE THROUGH 10 PM...WITH VERY LARGE HAIL
UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH
POSSIBLE. STORMS SHOULD MERGE AND PROGRESS ACROSS THE REGION AS
ONE OR TWO CLUSTERS OR LINES. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE
DONE BY MIDNIGHT...AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD EXIT THE REGION BY
DAYBREAK.

SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS HAVE MEASURED MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN
SINCE FRIDAY EVENING. WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT...THIS
COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. A COUPLE THUNDERSTORMS COULD THEN REDEVELOP LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.

PERIODIC THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS...PLEASE RELAY ALL REPORTS OF HAIL...WIND DAMAGE...AND
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS.

&&

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

HALBLAUB/BRYANT

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson43 min
Aug 9, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster46 min
Aug 9, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFranklin3 hr
Aug 9, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson46 min
Aug 9, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper, Phelps66 min
Aug 9, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson47 min
Aug 9, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney, Phelps27 min
Aug 9, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin26 min
Aug 9, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo32 min
Aug 9, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney, Phelps30 min
Aug 9, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Sherman42 min
Aug 9, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin, Furnas, Harlan40 min
Aug 9, 10:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Hall49 min
Aug 9, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Kearney and 1 more42 min
Aug 9, 10:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFranklin12 hr
Aug 9, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas27 min
Aug 9, 11:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Webster43 min
Aug 10, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSherman16 min
Aug 10, 5:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall25 min
Aug 9, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith38 min
Aug 9, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith47 min
Aug 9, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith21 min
Aug 9, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell46 min
Aug 9, 9:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDMitchell4 hr
Aug 9, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell47 min
Aug 9, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell43 min
Aug 9, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell26 min
Aug 9, 9:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDMitchell3 hr
Aug 9, 10:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDJewell, Smith6 hr
Aug 9, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Smith25 min
Aug 9, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell43 min
Aug 10, 1:09 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDMitchell12 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 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.