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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Hastings, NE

December 25, 20166 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 25, 2016, 12:31 PM CST for 6 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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: Dec 25, 2016, 12:31 PM CST (18:31 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2016, 1:15 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Hall County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Sherman County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 438 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 469 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

784 
WUUS53 KGID 251831
SVRGID
NEC001-019-079-093-099-163-251915-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0310.161225T1831Z-161225T1915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1231 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Buffalo County in south central Nebraska...
  Howard County in central Nebraska...
  Hall County in south central Nebraska...
  Northeastern Kearney County in south central Nebraska...
  Southern Sherman County in central Nebraska...
  Northwestern Adams County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 115 PM CST

* At 1230 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Poole to 8 miles north of Gibbon to near
  Shelton, moving east at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Grand Island, St. Paul, Gibbon, Ravenna, Wood River, Shelton,
  Doniphan, Cairo, Alda, Dannebrog, Elba, Ashton, Howard City,
  Farwell, Rockville, Prosser, Cushing, Boelus, St. Libory and Poole.

Tree damage was reported west of Kearney around 12:10 pm when these
storms passed. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Hastings.

&&

LAT...LON 4070 9828 4060 9882 4084 9890 4122 9913
      4139 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 249DEG 45KT 4103 9898 4087 9881 4070 9876 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

NOAA/NWS/Moritz

2 follow-up statements

060 
WWUS53 KGID 251845
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1245 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

NEC099-251854-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-161225T1915Z/
Kearney NE-
1245 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KEARNEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4070 9828 4063 9868 4085 9878 4121 9893
      4139 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 249DEG 41KT 4109 9879 4091 9865 4071 9859 

$$

NEC001-019-079-093-163-251915-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-161225T1915Z/
Buffalo NE-Howard NE-Hall NE-Sherman NE-Adams NE-
1245 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN BUFFALO...HOWARD...HALL...SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN AND
NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...

At 1244 PM CST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Rockville to 6 miles south of Cairo to Prosser,
moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

Locations impacted include...
Grand Island, St. Paul, Wood River, Shelton, Doniphan, Cairo, Alda,
Dannebrog, Elba, Ashton, Howard City, Farwell, Rockville, Prosser,
Cushing, Boelus, St. Libory and Hansen.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 293 and 317.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Hastings.

&&

LAT...LON 4070 9828 4063 9868 4085 9878 4121 9893
      4139 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 249DEG 41KT 4109 9879 4091 9865 4071 9859 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

NOAA/NWS/Moritz

110 
WWUS53 KGID 251915
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
115 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

NEC001-019-079-093-163-251923-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-161225T1915Z/
Buffalo NE-Howard NE-Hall NE-Sherman NE-Adams NE-
115 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUFFALO...
HOWARD...HALL...SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN AND NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTIES
WILL EXPIRE AT 115 PM CST...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
are still possible with these thunderstorms.

In eastern Howard county, a separate severe thunderstorm warning is
in effect until 2 pm. 

A 45 mph wind gust was recorded at the Central Nebraska Regional
Airport. 

LAT...LON 4070 9828 4063 9868 4085 9878 4121 9893
      4139 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 249DEG 45KT 4122 9836 4103 9822 4083 9816 

$$

NOAA/NWS/Moritz

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 25, 10:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas, Gosper	42 min
Dec 25, 10:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan	54 min
Dec 25, 11:19 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson, Phelps	56 min
Dec 25, 11:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo, Franklin, Kearney	64 min
Dec 25, 12:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster	41 min
Dec 25, 12:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	43 min
Dec 25, 1:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance	50 min
Dec 25, 1:31 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	74 min
Dec 25, 1:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk, York	58 min
Dec 25, 1:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	26 min
Dec 25, 5:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin, Harlan	49 min
Dec 25, 5:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin, Harlan	48 min
Dec 25, 5:22 PM CST	High Wind Warning	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas and 15 more	4 hr

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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.