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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Hastings, NE

September 9, 2015Buffalo County, Dawson County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 2015, 12:23 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 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
Sep 9, 2015, 12:23 PM CDT (17:23 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2015-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 463 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 2015-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 246 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
463 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-127 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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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 Sep 9, 12:23 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 12:23 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 11:42 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1142 AM CDT WED SEP 9 2015

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
101200-
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-
1142 AM CDT WED SEP 9 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES REMAIN IN THE FORECAST IN THE NORTHWEST AND
ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS TO BE
STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALMA TO YORK
NEBRASKA. HAIL NEAR THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 60
MPH WOULD BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE LOCAL AREA
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH...PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS
THURSDAY...ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM OSCEOLA TO
CAMBRIDGE NEBRASKA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON HOURS AND
EVENING...PRIMARILY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ALMA
TO YORK NEBRASKA.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 9, 6:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
646 AM CDT WED SEP 9 2015

NEZ062>064-075>077-085>087-091330-
HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...
HASTINGS...SUTTON...HARVARD...CLAY CENTER...EDGAR...FAIRFIELD...
GENEVA...EXETER...FAIRMONT...RED CLOUD...BLUE HILL...BLADEN...
SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON...DESHLER
646 AM CDT WED SEP 9 2015

...FOG CAUSING VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS THIS MORNING...

FOG HAS DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING...INCLUDING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR...AND IT
LOOKS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. WHILE MOST LOCATIONS
ARE SEEING VISIBILITIES NEAR OR GREATER THAN ONE MILE...THERE
WILL LIKELY BE LOCALIZED AREAS WHERE VISIBILITIES DROP DOWN TO
NEAR ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. THIS FOG COULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS AND THOSE TRAVELING THIS MORNING SHOULD USE
CAUTION...ALLOW FOR EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...AND
PREPARE FOR QUICKLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES.
Local storm report, Sep 9, 7:18 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
718 AM CDT WED SEP 09 2015

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

0805 PM     HAIL             3 N SHICKLEY            40.46N 97.72W
09/07/2015  E0.88 INCH       FILLMORE           NE   PUBLIC

            DELAYED REPORT FROM MONDAY EVENING.

&&

PFANNKUCH
Local storm report, Sep 9, 7:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
726 AM CDT WED SEP 09 2015

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

0222 PM     HAIL             4 WSW DAVENPORT         40.29N 97.88W
09/07/2015  E0.88 INCH       NUCKOLLS           NE   PUBLIC

0232 PM     HAIL             6 SE DAVENPORT          40.25N 97.73W
09/07/2015  E0.88 INCH       THAYER             NE   COCORAHS

            NERAIN OBSERVER REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL FROM 232-238
            PM.

0239 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 SSW HEBRON            40.11N 97.62W
09/07/2015  E65.00 MPH       THAYER             NE   STORM CHASER

0240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HEBRON                  40.17N 97.59W
09/07/2015                   THAYER             NE   PUBLIC

            DELAYED REPORT FROM MONDAY. SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES AND A
            FEW ENTIRE TREES BLOWN DOWN IN TOWN...VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
            POSTS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA.

0255 PM     HAIL             BELVIDERE               40.25N 97.56W
09/07/2015  M2.00 INCH       THAYER             NE   PUBLIC

            REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA

0313 PM     HAIL             2 E GILEAD              40.15N 97.38W
09/07/2015  M2.50 INCH       THAYER             NE   PUBLIC

            ADJUSTED LOCATION AND TIME SLIGHTLY FROM ORIGINAL LSR.
            REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA PHOTO. REPORTS OF SEVERAL WINDOWS
            BROKEN OUT OF HOMES IN THE AREA.

0315 PM     HAIL             ALEXANDRIA              40.25N 97.39W
09/07/2015  E1.50 INCH       THAYER             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TIME EST FM RADAR.

0805 PM     HAIL             3 N SHICKLEY            40.46N 97.72W
09/07/2015  E0.88 INCH       FILLMORE           NE   PUBLIC

            DELAYED REPORT FROM MONDAY EVENING. TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR DATA.

0905 PM     HAIL             2 S HASTINGS            40.56N 98.39W
09/07/2015  E1.75 INCH       ADAMS              NE   PUBLIC

0908 PM     HAIL             1 E HASTINGS            40.59N 98.37W
09/07/2015  M0.88 INCH       ADAMS              NE   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&
SUMMARY OF HAIL/WIND REPORTS RECEIVED FROM LABOR DAY, MONDAY, SEP. 7

PFANNKUCH
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 11:36 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1136 AM CDT WED SEP 9 2015

NEZ060-091700-
DAWSON NE-
1136 AM CDT WED SEP 9 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL
NOON CDT...

AT 1136 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR EDDYVILLE...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDDYVILLE.

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 4105 9947 4099 9943 4089 9978 4105 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 241DEG 26KT 4102 9974

JCB
Local storm report, Sep 9, 11:53 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 12:14 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 11:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson24 min
Sep 9, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson32 min
Sep 9, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo46 min
Sep 9, 1:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo28 min
Sep 9, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSherman33 min
Sep 9, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward, Sherman36 min
Sep 9, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas, Gosper44 min
Sep 9, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper48 min
Sep 9, 4:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson30 min
Sep 9, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas47 min
Sep 9, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo48 min
Sep 9, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson48 min
Sep 9, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley23 min
Sep 9, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley47 min
Sep 9, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas14 min
Sep 9, 5:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFurnas3 hr
Sep 9, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDValley32 min
Sep 9, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney39 min
Sep 9, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley47 min
Sep 9, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley23 min
Sep 9, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley29 min
Sep 9, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Sherman34 min
Sep 9, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney32 min
Sep 9, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley30 min
Sep 9, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNance26 min
Sep 9, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard, Sherman33 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.