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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Hastings, NE

May 23, 2016Merrick County, Polk County, York County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2016, 9:35 PM CDT for Merrick County, Polk County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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 23, 2016, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Merrick County, NE, Polk County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 641 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

As transmitted.

737 
WUUS53 KGID 240235
SVRGID
NEC121-143-185-240315-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0113.160524T0235Z-160524T0315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
935 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  POLK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  EAST CENTRAL MERRICK COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 934 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRESHAM...OR
  11 MILES NORTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  YORK...STROMSBURG...HENDERSON...OSCEOLA...SHELBY...MCCOOL JUNCTION...
  POLK...BRADSHAW...WACO...BENEDICT...GRESHAM...LUSHTON AND THAYER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 342 AND 365.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4071 9737 4070 9743 4070 9782 4117 9783
      4112 9788 4117 9789 4134 9760 4133 9760
      4134 9757 4139 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 240DEG 49KT 4101 9747 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

HEINLEIN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KGID 240310 RRA
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1010 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

NEC121-143-185-240320-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160524T0315Z/
YORK NE-POLK NE-MERRICK NE-
1010 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YORK...POLK AND EAST CENTRAL
MERRICK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4071 9737 4070 9743 4070 9782 4117 9783
      4112 9788 4117 9789 4134 9760 4133 9760
      4134 9757 4139 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 240DEG 49KT 4101 9747 

$$

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNance10 min
May 23, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick11 min
May 23, 7:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall11 min
May 23, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams33 min
May 23, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNance15 min
May 23, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance26 min
May 23, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall39 min
May 23, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster32 min
May 23, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick50 min
May 23, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin33 min
May 23, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin37 min
May 23, 8:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDHall, Merrick3 hr
May 23, 8:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney48 min
May 23, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall45 min
May 23, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Merrick27 min
May 23, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton42 min
May 23, 8:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDHamilton3 hr
May 23, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams34 min
May 23, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster32 min
May 23, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York52 min
May 23, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Hamilton, Merrick40 min
May 23, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster47 min
May 23, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster46 min
May 23, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton23 min
May 23, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls47 min
May 23, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDYork51 min
May 23, 11:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDHall, Merrick12 hr
May 23, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster50 min
May 24, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls45 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.