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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 256, NWS Hastings, NE

September 10, 2015Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2015-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 167 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 2015-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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 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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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)

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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, Sep 10, 12:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 10, 1:55 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
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

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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

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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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 7:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDHoward, Sherman, Valley6 hr
Sep 9, 7:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward36 min
Sep 9, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNance26 min
Sep 9, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard, Merrick33 min
Sep 9, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick37 min
Sep 9, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk33 min
Sep 9, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley30 min
Sep 9, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Hamilton32 min
Sep 9, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward33 min
Sep 9, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDYork31 min
Sep 9, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York50 min
Sep 9, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward35 min
Sep 9, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore32 min
Sep 9, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward31 min
Sep 9, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Merrick34 min
Sep 9, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard, Merrick37 min
Sep 9, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Hamilton, Merrick35 min
Sep 9, 10:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley12 hr
Sep 9, 11:04 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDHamilton, Merrick, York7 hr
Sep 9, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York30 min
Sep 9, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMerrick29 min
Sep 9, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer48 min
Sep 10, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer47 min
Sep 10, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore51 min
Sep 10, 1:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls20 min
Sep 10, 2:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSherman26 min
Sep 10, 2:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls18 min
Sep 10, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster41 min
Sep 10, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDClay32 min
Sep 10, 4:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls42 min
Sep 10, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson42 min
Sep 10, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo35 min
Sep 10, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore33 min
Sep 10, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall26 min
Sep 10, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams29 min
Sep 10, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer41 min
Sep 10, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney37 min
Sep 10, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas39 min
Sep 10, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer51 min
Sep 10, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDClay34 min
Sep 10, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams32 min
Sep 10, 5:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls, Webster27 min
Sep 10, 5:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster47 min
Sep 10, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan42 min
Sep 10, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer44 min
Sep 10, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer15 min
Sep 10, 12:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell36 min
Sep 10, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell25 min
Sep 10, 3:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips17 min
Sep 10, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips22 min
Sep 10, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks46 min
Sep 10, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks46 min
Sep 10, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Rooks44 min
Sep 10, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips50 min
Sep 10, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne30 min
Sep 10, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith48 min
Sep 10, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks47 min
Sep 10, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks27 min
Sep 10, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell39 min

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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.