Alert archive / Kansas / Special Weather Statements in 2015
Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2015, 11:21 PM CDT for Osborne County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2015, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
Counties Osborne County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 11:36 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | Smith Center Airport, KS | |
| Aug 8, 12:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 72 | 2 S Lebanon, KS | KDOT STATION. EXACT TIME NOT AVBL. TIME EST FM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 1367 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
623 WWUS83 KGID 080421 SPSGID SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1121 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2015 KSZ006-018-080500- OSBORNE KS-SMITH KS- 1121 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OSBORNE AND SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 1120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF FRANKLIN TO 7 MILES NORTH OF CODELL...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. LAT...LON 4000 9907 4000 9850 3923 9849 3923 9905 TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 272DEG 38KT 3998 9890 3930 9917 $$ HALBLAUB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Phelps | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 44 min |
| Aug 7, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Franklin | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 10:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Dawson | 4 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Franklin, Kearney, Phelps | 25 min |
| Aug 7, 11:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Buffalo | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams, Clay, Franklin, Kearney, Nuckolls, Webster | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams | 14 min |
| Aug 7, 11:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney | 9 min |
| Aug 8, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 1:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo, Dawson | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 1:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Buffalo, Dawson | 7 hr |
| Aug 7, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 53 min |
| Aug 8, 1:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne, Smith | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Smith | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 3:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.