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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2015, 2:18 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 15 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 10, 2015, 2:18 PM CDT (19:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2015, 2:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
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 10, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 10, 8:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 827 AM CDT THU SEP 10 2015 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 111330- 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- 827 AM CDT THU SEP 10 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ...MAINLY FROM INTERSTATE 80 SOUTHWARD...INCLUDING NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH HAIL AT LEAST THE SIZE ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE FROM NEBRASKA HIGHWAY 136 DOWN INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WHERE HAIL TO NEAR 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WILL BE POSSIBLE. A TORNADO ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...INCLUDING NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) HALBLAUB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 10, 11:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 155 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015 NEZ085-086-101915- WEBSTER NE-NUCKOLLS NE- 155 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN NUCKOLLS AND NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NELSON...OR 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS. ANOTHER STORM WAS ALSO LOCATED JUST NORTH OF LAWRENCE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NELSON AROUND 205 PM CDT. 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 4013 9802 4016 9828 4035 9837 4035 9801 TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 276DEG 22KT 4022 9817 HALBLAUB
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 2:04 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 204 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015 NEZ046-101930- SHERMAN NE- 204 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 203 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF LITCHFIELD...OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LOUP CITY AND LITCHFIELD. 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 4134 9891 4111 9900 4115 9921 4135 9920 TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 281DEG 19KT 4126 9920 SALTZMAN
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 2:12 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 212 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015 NEZ086-101930- NUCKOLLS NE- 212 PM CDT THU SEP 10 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL NUCKOLLS COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 212 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NELSON...OR 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NORA AROUND 220 PM CDT. RUSKIN AND OAK AROUND 230 PM CDT. 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 4011 9812 4025 9808 4026 9782 4009 9783 TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 276DEG 22KT 4017 9804 HALBLAUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 7:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Howard, Sherman, Valley | 6 hr |
| Sep 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nance | 26 min |
| Sep 9, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Howard, Merrick | 33 min |
| Sep 9, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick | 37 min |
| Sep 9, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk | 33 min |
| Sep 9, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard | 33 min |
| Sep 9, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | York | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 50 min |
| Sep 9, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 32 min |
| Sep 9, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard | 31 min |
| Sep 9, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Merrick | 34 min |
| Sep 9, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Howard, Merrick | 37 min |
| Sep 9, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton, Merrick | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 10:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 12 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, York | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Merrick | 29 min |
| Sep 9, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer | 48 min |
| Sep 10, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 47 min |
| Sep 10, 1:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 51 min |
| Sep 10, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls | 20 min |
| Sep 10, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Sherman | 26 min |
| Sep 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls | 18 min |
| Sep 10, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Webster | 41 min |
| Sep 10, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Clay | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 42 min |
| Sep 10, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 42 min |
| Sep 10, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 35 min |
| Sep 10, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 33 min |
| Sep 10, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hall | 26 min |
| Sep 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams | 29 min |
| Sep 10, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 41 min |
| Sep 10, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Kearney | 37 min |
| Sep 10, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 39 min |
| Sep 10, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 51 min |
| Sep 10, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Clay | 34 min |
| Sep 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 27 min |
| Sep 10, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 47 min |
| Sep 10, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan | 42 min |
| Sep 10, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 15 min |
| Sep 10, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 36 min |
| Sep 10, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell | 25 min |
| Sep 10, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips | 17 min |
| Sep 10, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 22 min |
| Sep 10, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 46 min |
| Sep 10, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks | 46 min |
| Sep 10, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 50 min |
| Sep 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 30 min |
| Sep 10, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 48 min |
| Sep 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 47 min |
| Sep 10, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 27 min |
| Sep 10, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 39 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.