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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2018, 4:25 PM CDT for Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 27, 2018, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2018, 5:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Rooks County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
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.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:02 PM CDT, 23 hours 23 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook...CORRECTED National Weather Service Hastings NE 502 PM CDT Thu Jul 26 2018 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 271200- 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- 502 PM CDT Thu Jul 26 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Late this afternoon and tonight. The entire outlook area stands at least a small chance of thunderstorms through tonight, with the overall-highest chances focused within Nebraska counties north of Interstate 80, and also west of Highway 281. While the majority of storms will be non- severe, a few could be strong to marginally severe, especially before midnight, capable of producing hail to around ping pong ball size, wind gusts to around 60 MPH, and brief heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. There will be periodic chances for thunderstorms across portions of the outlook area Friday through Monday. Severe storms are possible primarily Friday evening and night, with large hail of golf ball size and damaging winds of 70 mph the primary hazards. Portions of the outlook area could also see strong to severe thunderstorms on Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation should not be needed on a widespread basis through tonight, but any reports of hail or wind gusts of 50 MPH or greater would be appreciated. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings Pfannkuch
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas | 45 min |
| Jul 27, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 39 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.