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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2016, 8:27 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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
- May 29, 2016, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2016, 8:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Jewell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 878 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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 May 29, 8:23 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 8:23 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 5:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 538 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 301200- 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- 538 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE WITHIN THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE OVERALL-BEST CHANCES LIKELY OCCURRING BEFORE MIDNIGHT. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO AROUND GOLF BALL SIZE...WIND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ON MONDAY...MEMORIAL DAY...SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXIST DURING THE DAY...BUT WITH BETTER CHANCES FOR MORE WIDESPREAD COVERAGE ARRIVING DURING THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE IS A MARGINAL TO SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE STARTING LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING HAIL UP TO NEAR THE SIZE OF PING PONG BALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH. IF AN ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF STORMS HAPPENS TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST...THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS COULD INCREASE. IN ADDITION..HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY WITHIN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ALMA TO FULLERTON NEBRASKA...BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY NIGHT. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS CURRENTLY APPEARS FAIRLY LOW FOR TUESDAY...BUT A FEW STRONG STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED ON AN ISOLATED BASIS...ESPECIALLY THROUGH NIGHTFALL. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS PFANNKUCH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 7:39 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 739 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016 NEZ060-300100- DAWSON NE- 739 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 739 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOTHENBURG...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GOTHENBURG. LAT...LON 4105 10022 4105 9981 4087 9997 4094 10022 TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 216DEG 17KT 4103 10006 WESELY
Local storm report, May 29, 7:40 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
740 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0706 PM HAIL 3 E INLAND 40.59N 98.17W
05/29/2016 E1.00 INCH CLAY NE PUBLIC
ALONG HIGHWAY 6. TIME APPROXIMATED
&&
PFANNKUCSpecial weather statement, May 29, 7:42 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
742 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016
KSZ018-019-300130-
OSBORNE KS-MITCHELL KS-
742 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN OSBORNE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 741 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIPTON...OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELOIT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TIPTON AND HUNTER.
LAT...LON 3941 9875 3941 9820 3922 9832 3922 9849
3913 9849 3913 9890
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 214DEG 18KT 3923 9858
WESELYLocal storm report, May 29, 7:44 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
744 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0732 PM HAIL SUTTON 40.61N 97.86W
05/29/2016 M0.50 INCH CLAY NE FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
DOXEYLocal storm report, May 29, 7:49 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
749 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0748 PM HAIL EDGAR 40.37N 97.97W
05/29/2016 M1.00 INCH CLAY NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
DOXEYLocal storm report, May 29, 7:58 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
758 PM CDT SUN MAY 29 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0756 PM HAIL 1 SE GLENVIL 40.49N 98.24W
05/29/2016 M1.25 INCH CLAY NE FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
&&
DOXEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 27 min |
| May 29, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Nuckolls | 47 min |
| May 29, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, York | 44 min |
| May 29, 7:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 21 min |
| May 29, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay | 31 min |
| May 29, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore | 41 min |
| May 29, 8:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk | 24 min |
| May 29, 9:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton | 48 hr |
| May 29, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Clay | 43 min |
| May 29, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 49 min |
| May 29, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay | 44 min |
| May 29, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls | 32 min |
| May 29, 10:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 12 hr |
| May 29, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 40 min |
| May 29, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 52 min |
| May 29, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 34 min |
| May 29, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 48 min |
| May 29, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.