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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Hastings, NE

July 3, 2017Adams County, Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2017, 12:34 AM CDT for Adams County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 3, 2017, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2017, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2017-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1751 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2017-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1751 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.5

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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 Jul 3, 12:29 AM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 12:29 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 5:26 PM CDT, 7 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Hastings NE
526 PM CDT Sun Jul 2 2017

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
031200-
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-
526 PM CDT Sun Jul 2 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and
portions of north central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms will continue this evening and into the
overnight hours. Severe storms are possible which may produce hail
to the size of golf balls and damaging winds of 60 to 70 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Spotty thunderstorms will be possible at various times and
locations Monday and Tuesday, with the best chance Monday night.
Some storms Monday night could be severe with the main threat
locally damaging winds.

Intermittent thunderstorms are possible Thursday night through
Saturday. While strong or severe storms cannot be ruled out...it
is too early to identify any specific organized threats.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this evening and into tonight.

&&

More information may be obtained at the following web page:
   https://www.weather.gov/hastings

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1125 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1124 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 W LOGAN               39.66N 99.58W
07/02/2017  M71 MPH          PHILLIPS           KS   MESONET

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 11:41 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 11:53 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson46 min
Jul 2, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson38 min
Jul 2, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson50 min
Jul 2, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper25 min
Jul 2, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper51 min
Jul 2, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo30 min
Jul 2, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps47 min
Jul 2, 9:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDDawson3 hr
Jul 2, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper52 min
Jul 2, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan, Phelps46 min
Jul 2, 10:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFurnas3 hr
Jul 2, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas, Harlan44 min
Jul 2, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan40 min
Jul 2, 11:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney37 min
Jul 3, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams23 min
Jul 2, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips, Rooks47 min
Jul 2, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks41 min
Jul 2, 11:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDPhillips3 hr
Jul 2, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks32 min
Jul 3, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith46 min
Jul 3, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell, Mitchell57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.