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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Hastings, NE

June 1, 2014Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska; Jewell County, Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2014, 1:56 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2014, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2014, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Jewell County, KS, Smith County, KS, Nuckolls County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 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
Jun 1, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2014-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 833 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2014-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
833 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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 Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 10:10 AM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1010 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
021200-
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-
1010 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA AS THE DAY WEARS ON...WITH STORMS
INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WITH TIME. SEVERAL SEVERE
STORMS ARE LIKELY. ALTHOUGH THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD FOCUS BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM...ITS POSSIBLE
THAT A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE BY EARLY
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 281. THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREATS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP TO
AROUND THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND
70 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIALLY IN EXCESS OF 2
INCHES...WHICH COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF LOWLAND FLOODING. IN
ADDITION...A FEW TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WITH
WITH THE STRONGEST...MOST DISCRETE STORMS. ALTHOUGH THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD BE ENDING BY AROUND 10
PM...AT LEAST A FEW STORMS COULD LINGER THROUGH THE LATE NIGHT
HOURS...PRIMARILY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND SOUTHEAST OF A
FULLERTON TO ALMA NEBRASKA LINE.

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

LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
WILL BE ON THE INCREASE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. AT THIS TIME...THE
BEST CHANCES ARE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY FOR LOCATIONS
NEAR AND NORTH OF THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS STATE LINE. THE POTENTIAL
FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL RETURN...WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING HAIL
NEAR THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...PERIODIC THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
REMAIN IN THE FORECAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. SOME UNCERTAINTIES
CONTINUE WITH TIMING AND LOCATION...SO STAY UP TO DATE TO THE LATEST
FORECASTS REGARDING THIS PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 4 AND 10 PM.

&&

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

PFANNKUCH/WESELY/ADO

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 12:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1236 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

NEZ060-072-011745-
DAWSON NE-GOSPER NE-
1236 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND
NORTHEASTERN GOSPER COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT...

AT 1236 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OVER JOHNSON LAKE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEXINGTON...ELWOOD AND JOHNSON LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 230 AND 243.

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 4088 9978 4075 9956 4056 9982 4067 9998
      4070 9998
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 220DEG 36KT 4068 9985

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Local storm report, Jun 1, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson17 min
Jun 1, 12:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson9 min
Jun 1, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper21 min
Jun 1, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson27 min
Jun 1, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper26 min
Jun 1, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney, Phelps37 min
Jun 1, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Furnas, Gosper43 min
Jun 1, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas31 min
Jun 1, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHarlan28 min
Jun 1, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall26 min
Jun 1, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps51 min
Jun 1, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster38 min
Jun 1, 4:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDBuffalo3 hr
Jun 1, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster45 min
Jun 1, 4:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDHarlan3 hr
Jun 1, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster52 min
Jun 1, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer48 min
Jun 1, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer10 min
Jun 1, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDThayer38 min
Jun 1, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Smith32 min
Jun 1, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith35 min
Jun 1, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne35 min
Jun 1, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell32 min
Jun 1, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips34 min
Jun 1, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith31 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks20 min
Jun 1, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith39 min
Jun 1, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne23 min
Jun 1, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne30 min
Jun 1, 6:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith18 hr
Jun 1, 6:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2014Severe 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.