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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

May 6, 2015Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at May 6, 2015, 2:08 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2015, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2015, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

County Osborne County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at May 6, 9:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 9:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 5:30 AM CDT, 8 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
530 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
071200-
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-
530 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
GOLFBALLS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
ARE POSSIBLE.

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

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN
BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY
AFTER 4 PM.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 6, 1:42 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
142 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSZ006-018-061915-
OSBORNE KS-SMITH KS-
142 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SMITH AND
NORTHEASTERN OSBORNE COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM CDT...

AT 140 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
OSBORNE...OR 35 MILES WEST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. THIS STORM HAS ALSO EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION...AND A
BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSBORNE...PORTIS AND HARLAN.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3939 9891 3971 9881 3967 9850 3966 9850
      3934 9867
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 201DEG 38KT 3944 9876

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Special weather statement, May 6, 2:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
208 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSZ006-018-061945-
OSBORNE KS-SMITH KS-
208 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SMITH AND CENTRAL OSBORNE
COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM CDT...

AT 206 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR HARLAN TO 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NATOMA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS. A STORM BETWEEN NATOMA AND OSBORNE HAS ALSO EXHIBITED
SOME WEAK ROTATION ON RADAR...AND FUNNEL CLOUD  DEVELOPMENT MAY NOT
BE OUT OF THE QUESTION.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SMITH CENTER...OSBORNE...LEBANON...PORTIS...HARLAN AND BELLAIRE.

THESE STORMS 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3922 9898 3994 9873 3991 9850 3976 9850
      3918 9873
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 193DEG 34KT 3964 9871 3926 9886

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster26 min
May 6, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster29 min
May 6, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams27 min
May 6, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster26 min
May 6, 4:42 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls33 min
May 6, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer32 min
May 6, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer27 min
May 6, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay15 min
May 6, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer32 min
May 6, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore9 min
May 6, 5:55 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDThayer35 min
May 6, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall32 min
May 6, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer37 min
May 6, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne33 min
May 6, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell25 min
May 6, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne, Rooks, Smith43 min
May 6, 2:48 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDMitchell27 min
May 6, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDOsborne, Smith23 min
May 6, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith30 min
May 6, 3:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDOsborne, Smith6 hr
May 6, 3:35 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDJewell12 min
May 6, 3:37 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDJewell23 min
May 6, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne32 min
May 6, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Rooks38 min
May 6, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith49 min
May 6, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell32 min
May 6, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell34 min
May 6, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne48 min
May 6, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell26 min
May 6, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell41 min
May 6, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne36 min
May 6, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell33 min
May 6, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell27 min
May 6, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne35 min
May 6, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMitchell28 min
May 6, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Smith51 min
May 6, 5:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDJewell, Smith3 hr
May 6, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell46 min
May 6, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell32 min
May 6, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith45 min
May 6, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell31 min
May 6, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith44 min
May 6, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell46 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.