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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Hastings, NE

May 28, 2019Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2019, 6:48 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 28, 2019, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2019, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

County Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 28, 5:38 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -276 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 391 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 28, 6:35 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:35 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 3:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
331 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
291200-
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-
331 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Due to several inches of rain over the past few days, various
Flood Warnings and Flood Advisories are in effect across the
outlook area. Please refer to specific Warning and Advisory
statements for further details. Additional isolated heavy rain is
possible south and east of the Tri-Cities this afternoon and
evening, and mainly north of the Tri-Cities tonight. Any rain on
already saturated soils could lead to additional or worse flooding.

Thunderstorm chances remain in the forecast through tonight. The
greatest risk for severe weather is south of a line from Arapahoe
to York, mainly from 4pm until 10pm. Potential hazards include
large hail up to at least golf ball size hail and damaging wind
gusts up to 70mph. A tornado or two can't be ruled out from near
Plainville to Hebron, but this potential is low. Other strong to
marginally severe storms are possible mainly north of the Tri-
Cities overnight, with the main hazard being nickel to quarter
size hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

It is likely that some Flood Warning and Flood Advisories will
continue through mid week, especially along area rivers. Please
refer to these specific Warning and Advisory statements for further
details.

There are several chances for rain and thunderstorms off and on
next several days, but the risk for heavy rain and severe
thunderstorms is low.

For Friday through Monday, it is too soon to confidently assess
the potential for severe storms, but nothing currently appears as
widespread as our recent chances have been.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation for severe storms possible today, especially
between 4 and 10 PM. In addition, any reports of flooding would be
greatly appreciated.

&&

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

Thies

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 6:16 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
616 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2019

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

0550 PM     TORNADO          5 SW TIPTON             39.28N 98.53W
05/28/2019                   OSBORNE            KS   911 CALL CENTER

            DAMAGE REPORTED. NO DETAILS ATTM. TIME ESTD
            FM RADAR.

&&

KELLEY

Local storm report, May 28, 6:18 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
618 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2019

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

0612 PM     TORNADO          3 S JEWELL              39.63N 98.16W
05/28/2019                   JEWELL             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO WAS BECOMING RAIN WRAPPED AND
            DIFFICULT TO SEE.

&&

JCB

Local storm report, May 28, 6:23 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
623 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2019

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

0620 PM     TORNADO          5 S FORMOSO             39.71N 97.99W
05/28/2019                   JEWELL             KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JCB

Local storm report, May 28, 6:29 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 6:31 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 6:40 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	25 min
May 27, 9:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more	9 hr
May 27, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps	30 min
May 27, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	45 min
May 27, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Howard, Sherman	43 min
May 27, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	45 min
May 27, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	49 min
May 27, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	42 min
May 27, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	39 min
May 27, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	43 min
May 27, 11:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	36 min
May 27, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	44 min
May 27, 11:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Thayer	28 min
May 27, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	24 min
May 27, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Valley	49 min
May 27, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper	46 min
May 27, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	17 min
May 28, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	45 min
May 28, 12:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman	27 min
May 28, 12:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	12 hr
May 28, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley	45 min
May 28, 12:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	60 hr
May 28, 12:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman	31 min
May 28, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo, Gosper, Phelps	42 min
May 28, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance	49 min
May 28, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Merrick, Sherman	46 min
May 28, 1:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Kearney, Phelps, Sherman	14 hr
May 28, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Merrick, Nance	45 min
May 28, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk	43 min
May 28, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton	43 min
May 28, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton, York	41 min
May 28, 2:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson, Gosper	48 min
May 28, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance, Polk	30 min
May 28, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York	46 min
May 28, 4:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	12 hr
May 28, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance and 2 more	43 min
May 28, 6:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance	27 hr
May 28, 6:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York	4 days
May 28, 12:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	4 hr
May 28, 2:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Valley	5 hr
May 28, 3:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Polk	48 hr
May 28, 4:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Hall and 6 more	72 hr
May 28, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	36 min
May 27, 7:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	49 min
May 27, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	46 min
May 27, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Rooks	24 min
May 27, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	37 min
May 27, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks, Smith	46 min
May 27, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	34 min
May 27, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	50 min
May 27, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	27 min
May 27, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	34 min
May 27, 9:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	59 hr
May 28, 12:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Phillips	18 hr
May 28, 9:13 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Osborne, Smith	35 hr
May 28, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	30 min
May 28, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	51 min
May 28, 5:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Osborne	27 min
May 28, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	15 min
May 28, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	40 min
May 28, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	Osborne	35 min
May 28, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	47 min
May 28, 5:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne	32 min
May 28, 5:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	Mitchell, Osborne	38 min
May 28, 5:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	35 min
May 28, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	52 min
May 28, 6:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	37 min
May 28, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.