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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Hastings, NE

May 11, 20144 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2014, 3:22 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 23 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: May 11, 2014, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2014, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 11, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 214 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 525 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1041 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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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 May 11, 12:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 12:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 3:22 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
322 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
122030-
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-
322 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ALONG AN
ADVANCING COLD FRONT. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
VERY LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH
OR GREATER AS WELL AS TORNADOES. THESE INTENSE STORMS FAVOR
LOCATIONS IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A
LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO OSCEOLA IN NEBRASKA.

IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES MAY CAUSE AREAS OF LOWLAND FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ON MONDAY. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
NEAR 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

ADDITIONALLY...NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
MORNINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED MAINLY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

&&

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

ROSSI/JCB

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 11, 10:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 11:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 11, 2:49 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 11, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 2:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas, Harlan	32 min
May 11, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Nuckolls, Webster	26 min
May 11, 3:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore	29 min
May 11, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Nuckolls, Webster	34 min
May 11, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Nuckolls, Webster	48 min
May 11, 4:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Kearney	21 min
May 11, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	34 min
May 11, 4:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps	28 min
May 11, 4:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Hall	26 min
May 11, 4:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Hamilton	25 min
May 11, 4:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton and 2 more	34 min
May 11, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Kearney	30 min
May 11, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams	29 min
May 11, 5:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Webster	34 min
May 11, 5:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Hall, Hamilton, Kearney, York	33 min
May 11, 6:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton, York	29 min
May 11, 6:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton, York	45 min
May 11, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Webster	26 min
May 11, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Webster	32 min
May 11, 3:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	32 min
May 11, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Webster	26 min
May 11, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	47 min
May 11, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore	32 min
May 11, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York	39 min
May 11, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Webster	41 min
May 11, 4:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York	25 min
May 11, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	51 min
May 11, 4:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	Fillmore, York	36 min
May 11, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Hamilton, York	47 min
May 11, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	49 min
May 11, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, York	30 min
May 11, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	43 min
May 11, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster	45 min
May 11, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	30 min
May 11, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	15 min
May 11, 2:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	10 min
May 11, 2:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	25 min
May 11, 2:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	36 min
May 11, 2:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	35 min
May 11, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	47 min
May 11, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	29 min
May 11, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	44 min
May 11, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	25 min
May 11, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell, Osborne	30 min
May 11, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Smith	32 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.