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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 244, NWS Hastings, NE

July 5, 2019Rooks County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2019, 6:54 PM CDT for Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 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, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2019, 7:09 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 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 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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.

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: 1172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -247 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1884 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 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 Jul 5, 6:21 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:21 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
328 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2019

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
061200-
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-
328 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Late This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thunderstorms remain possible late this afternoon through tonight,
mainly for areas south of Interstate 80 and into north central
Kansas. There will be the potential for some storms to be strong
to severe. The primary hazards would be wind gusts up to 70 MPH,
hail near the size of quarters and torrential rainfall. Heavy
rainfall that occurs over already saturated portions of the area
may result in localized flooding.

A Flood Warning remains in effect for portions Phelps, Gosper,
Furnas and Harlan counties through 230 PM Saturday. Please refer
to the latest Flood Warning message for additional details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

A Flood Warning remains in effect for portions Phelps, Gosper,
Furnas and Harlan counties through 230 PM Saturday. Please refer
to the latest Flood Warning message for additional details.

Periodic thunderstorm chances remain in the forecast across the
outlook area each day Saturday through Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed through tonight for areas mainly
south of Interstate 80 and into north central Kansas.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 5, 2:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
238 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 2019

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

0210 PM     FLOOD            2 NE EDISON             40.30N 99.74W
07/05/2019                   FURNAS             NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TURKEY CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND A
            COUPLE OF COUNTY ROADS NORTH AND SOUTH OF
            HIGHWAY 6 AND 34 HAVE BEEN CLOSED.

&&

JMBW

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
514 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2019

KSZ006-007-NEZ084-085-052300-
Jewell KS-Smith KS-Franklin NE-Webster NE-
514 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN JEWELL...
NORTHEASTERN SMITH...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN WEBSTER
COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

At 514 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Riverton, or 36 miles southwest of Hastings, moving east at 25 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Red Cloud, Riverton, Cowles and Inavale.

LAT...LON 4004 9885 4022 9880 4018 9835 3993 9844
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 282DEG 23KT 4012 9873

Billings Wright

Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 3:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley	51 min
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

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.