Alert archive / Nebraska / High Wind Warnings in 2016
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this high wind warning at Mar 23, 2016, 3:34 AM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas; 18 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 23, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 24 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2016, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2016, 10:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
All 24 counties
Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 3:38 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 E Axtell, NE | A GUST OF EQUAL MAGNITUDE ALSO OCCURRED AT 545 PM. |
| Mar 23, 4:00 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Hordville, NE | HAIL POSSIBLY UP TO DIME SIZE IN HORDVILLE...RELAYED BY KSNB-TV |
| Mar 23, 4:11 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Grand Island Airport, NE | PEAK WIND GUST SO FAR TODAY...FROM THE NORTHEAST |
| Mar 23, 4:11 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Grand Island Airport, NE | |
| Mar 23, 5:21 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Hastings Airport, NE | PEAK WIND GUST SO FAR TODAY...FROM THE NORTH-NORTHEAST |
| Mar 23, 5:21 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Hastings Airport, NE | |
| Mar 23, 5:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 51 | Holdrege Airport, NE | PEAK WIND GUST SO FAR TODAY PER 20-MINUTE OBS...FROM THE NORTH |
| Mar 23, 5:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 51 | Holdrege Airport, NE | |
| Mar 23, 5:56 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 5 Sw Harvard, NE | |
| Mar 23, 6:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Giltner, NE | ROOF BLOWN OFF SIT N BULL SALOON. EXACT TIME UNKNOWN. |
| Mar 23, 6:04 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 7 Ne Phillips, NE | |
| Mar 23, 6:10 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 5 Nnw Oxford, NE | |
| Mar 23, 6:21 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Farwell, NE | |
| Mar 23, 6:24 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | Grand Island Airport, NE | NEW PEAK WIND GUST SO FAR TODAY...FROM THE NORTH-NORTHEAST |
| Mar 23, 6:24 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | Grand Island Airport, NE | |
| Mar 23, 6:34 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Logan, KS | |
| Mar 23, 6:35 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Aurora Airport, NE | |
| Mar 23, 6:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | 4 Wnw Bradshaw, NE | |
| Mar 23, 6:55 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 54 | York Airport, NE | |
| Mar 23, 7:09 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 4 Se Oxford, NE | |
| Mar 23, 9:48 PM CDT | SNOW 1 | Franklin, NE | STORM TOTAL SO FAR |
| Mar 23, 9:48 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Holdrege, NE | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR. |
| Mar 23, 9:50 PM CDT | SNOW 3 | Minden, NE | TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW COVERING THE ROADS. FIFTY FEET OF VISIBILITY AT MOST. ACCIDENTS EVERYWHERE...INCLUDING SEVERAL JACK KNIVES. |
| Mar 23, 10:04 PM CDT | SNOW 2 | Kearney, NE | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR. |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3210 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
318 WWUS73 KGID 230834 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 334 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ082>085-231700- /O.UPG.KGID.HW.A.0001.160323T2000Z-160324T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.HW.W.0001.160323T2000Z-160324T0600Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-FURNAS-HARLAN- FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... KENSINGTON...MANKATO...JEWELL...BURR OAK...PLAINVILLE... STOCKTON...OSBORNE...DOWNS...BELOIT...CAMBRIDGE...ARAPAHOE... OXFORD...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...ORLEANS...FRANKLIN...CAMPBELL... HILDRETH...RED CLOUD...BLUE HILL...BLADEN 334 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * HAZARD...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM AND 11 PM. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ NEZ047-048-061>063-072>076-086-231700- /O.NEW.KGID.HW.W.0001.160323T2000Z-160324T0600Z/ HOWARD-MERRICK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS- CLAY-NUCKOLLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTRAL CITY...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND... AURORA...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...SUTTON... HARVARD...CLAY CENTER...EDGAR...FAIRFIELD...SUPERIOR...NELSON 334 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. * HAZARD...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...THE STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM AND 11 PM. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST-WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ HALBLAUB
3 follow-up statements
772 WWUS73 KGID 231924 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 224 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ047-048-061>063-072>076-082>086-240400- /O.CON.KGID.HW.W.0001.160323T2000Z-160324T0600Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-HOWARD-MERRICK- BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FURNAS- HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... KENSINGTON...MANKATO...JEWELL...BURR OAK...PLAINVILLE... STOCKTON...OSBORNE...DOWNS...BELOIT...CENTRAL CITY...KEARNEY... GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS... SUTTON...HARVARD...CLAY CENTER...EDGAR...FAIRFIELD...CAMBRIDGE... ARAPAHOE...OXFORD...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...ORLEANS...FRANKLIN... CAMPBELL...HILDRETH...RED CLOUD...BLUE HILL...BLADEN...SUPERIOR... NELSON 224 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... * HAZARD...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM AND 11 PM. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST- WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
349 WWUS73 KGID 232011 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 311 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 NEZ064-077-087-240500- /O.EXA.KGID.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0600Z/ YORK-FILLMORE-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YORK...GENEVA...EXETER...FAIRMONT... HEBRON...DESHLER 311 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. * HAZARD...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM AND 11 PM. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST- WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ047-048-061>063-072>076-082>086-240500- /O.CON.KGID.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0600Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-HOWARD-MERRICK- BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FURNAS- HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... KENSINGTON...MANKATO...JEWELL...BURR OAK...PLAINVILLE... STOCKTON...OSBORNE...DOWNS...BELOIT...CENTRAL CITY...KEARNEY... GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS... SUTTON...HARVARD...CLAY CENTER...EDGAR...FAIRFIELD...CAMBRIDGE... ARAPAHOE...OXFORD...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...ORLEANS...FRANKLIN... CAMPBELL...HILDRETH...RED CLOUD...BLUE HILL...BLADEN...SUPERIOR... NELSON 311 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT THURSDAY. * HAZARD...HIGH WINDS. * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 6 PM AND 11 PM. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE MAY ALSO OCCUR. DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON EAST- WEST ORIENTED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80. LIGHT WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE BLOWN AWAY IF NOT SECURED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
283 WWUS73 KGID 240347 NPWGID URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1047 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ047-048-061>064-072>077-082>087-240500- /O.CAN.KGID.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160324T0600Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-HOWARD-MERRICK- BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY- FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... KENSINGTON...MANKATO...JEWELL...BURR OAK...PLAINVILLE... STOCKTON...OSBORNE...DOWNS...BELOIT...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY... KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE... MINDEN...HASTINGS...SUTTON...HARVARD...CLAY CENTER...EDGAR... FAIRFIELD...GENEVA...EXETER...FAIRMONT...CAMBRIDGE...ARAPAHOE... OXFORD...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...ORLEANS...FRANKLIN...CAMPBELL... HILDRETH...RED CLOUD...BLUE HILL...BLADEN...SUPERIOR...NELSON... HEBRON...DESHLER 1047 PM CDT WED MAR 23 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. EXPECT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THESE SPEEDS ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT A HIGH WIND WARNING ANY LONGER...THEREFORE THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ HEINLEIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 26 min |
| Mar 23, 4:02 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper and 10 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
High Wind Warnings in Nebraska, 2016High Wind Warnings in Kansas, 2016Every high wind warning in 2016
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.