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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Hastings, NE

July 5, 20194 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2019, 3:09 AM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 51 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 5, 2019, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greeley County, NE, Howard County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 4, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 2120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.2

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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 5, 2:27 AM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:27 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 10:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1013 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2019

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
051200-
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-
1013 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered to widespread thunderstorms are expected to move across
the area tonight. Some storms will likely be severe with wind
gusts around 70 mph, hail to the size of half dollars, and locally
heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Storms will linger into early Friday morning before exiting the
area to the east. Scattered storms may then redevelop Friday
afternoon and evening. Again, some of these could be strong to
severe with large hail, gusty wind, and locally heavy rain.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms remain possible each day
through Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed tonight. Please relay reports of
hail or wind damage to the National Weather Service.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:23 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:27 AM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:40 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:49 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:50 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:05 AM CDT, 4 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
Jul 4, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Gosper, Phelps	50 min
Jul 4, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps	16 min
Jul 4, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Kearney, Phelps	51 min
Jul 4, 11:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Gosper, Phelps	6 hr
Jul 5, 12:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper	52 min
Jul 5, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Kearney	49 min
Jul 5, 12:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps	42 min
Jul 5, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Kearney	25 min
Jul 5, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Kearney	43 min
Jul 5, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phelps	49 min
Jul 5, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	47 min
Jul 5, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps	39 min
Jul 5, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster	30 min
Jul 5, 2:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	52 min
Jul 5, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin	45 min
Jul 5, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	52 min
Jul 5, 2:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	48 min
Jul 5, 2:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Kearney, Phelps	4 hr
Jul 5, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Hamilton	28 min
Jul 5, 2:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin, Webster	50 min
Jul 5, 2:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls	51 min
Jul 5, 2:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Adams, Webster	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	46 min
Jul 5, 3:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	40 min
Jul 5, 3:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	52 min
Jul 5, 4:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	36 min
Jul 5, 5:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams	26 min
Jul 5, 6:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Gosper, Phelps	9 hr
Jul 5, 6:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	29 min
Jul 5, 2:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps	24 hr
Jul 5, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	46 min
Jul 5, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Webster	40 min
Jul 5, 5:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Nuckolls	24 hr
Jul 5, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	49 min
Jul 5, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	15 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.