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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Hastings, NE

July 13, 2018Jewell County, Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2018, 3:21 PM CDT for Jewell County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 13, 2018, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2018, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jewell County, KS, Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 12:00Z on 2018-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 747 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 12:00Z on 2018-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips51 min
Jul 13, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith26 min
Jul 13, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell49 min
Jul 13, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell47 min
Jul 13, 4:41 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDJewell3 hr

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.