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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2014, 7:11 PM CDT for Webster County, Nebraska; Jewell County, Smith County, Kansas. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 2014, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jewell County, KS, Smith County, KS, Webster County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1657 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1444 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
319
WUUS53 KGID 220011
SVRGID
KSC089-183-NEC181-220100-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0310.140822T0011Z-140822T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
711 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 710 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ESBON...OR
36 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GUIDE ROCK...BURR OAK AND ESBON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3977 9846 3988 9865 4016 9842 4006 9827
4000 9827 4000 9819 3997 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 218DEG 20KT 3989 9850
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HEINLEIN2 follow-up statements
663
WWUS53 KGID 220032
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
732 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
KSC089-183-NEC181-220100-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-140822T0100Z/
SMITH KS-JEWELL KS-WEBSTER NE-
732 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN SMITH...NORTHWESTERN JEWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER
COUNTIES...
AT 732 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
RED CLOUD...OR 39 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GUIDE ROCK...BURR OAK AND ESBON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3977 9846 3988 9865 4016 9842 4006 9827
4000 9827 4000 9819 3997 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 208DEG 16KT 3997 9849
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
HEINLEIN274
WWUS53 KGID 220058
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
758 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
KSC089-183-NEC181-220108-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-140822T0100Z/
SMITH KS-JEWELL KS-WEBSTER NE-
758 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SMITH...
NORTHWESTERN JEWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3977 9846 3988 9865 4016 9842 4006 9827
4000 9827 4000 9819 3997 9814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 218DEG 20KT 3997 9849
$$
HEINLEINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | York | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hamilton | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton | 51 min |
| Aug 21, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas | 35 min |
| Aug 22, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Gosper | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 9 min |
| Aug 21, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 23 min |
| Aug 22, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 47 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.