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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2020, 2:01 AM CDT for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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 9, 2020, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2020, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Phelps County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 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 8, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 2624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2346 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
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 9, 12:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 12:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 1012 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2020 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 091200- 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- 1012 PM CDT Wed Jul 8 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Severe thunderstorms are expected into the overnight hours with damaging winds of 70 mph the primary hazard. A few storms could produce large hail the size of half dollars and an isolated tornado cannot be ruled out. In addition, heavy rainfall may accompany the storms and lead to localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Periodic chances for thunderstorms are in the forecast for most of the period. Predictability is low regarding severe weather chances. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any severe weather tonight. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 8, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Phelps | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 9:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Greeley, Valley | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 9:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Sherman, Valley | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps, Webster | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance, Sherman, Valley | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams, Hall, Kearney | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Merrick, Sherman | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Nuckolls, Phelps and 1 more | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Merrick, Nance, Polk | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick and 2 more | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Nuckolls, Thayer, York | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Harlan | 47 min |
| Jul 9, 1:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Franklin, Harlan | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Franklin, Harlan | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Franklin, Harlan | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 12:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 48 min |
| Jul 9, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Smith | 42 min |
| Jul 9, 3:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Smith | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 45 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.