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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

June 3, 2020Furnas County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2020, 8:04 PM CDT for Furnas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2020, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2020, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Furnas County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 8:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 50	1e Of Cambridge, NE	ESTIMATED 50 MPH GUSTS...NO DOWNED BRANCHES VISIBLE.
Jun 3, 8:37 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	Beaver City, NE	MEASURED ON A PERSONAL WEATHER STATION.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 1183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 224 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

568 
WUUS53 KGID 040104
SVRGID
NEC065-040145-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0021.200604T0104Z-200604T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
804 PM CDT Wed Jun 3 2020

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Furnas County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 804 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bartley, or
  18 miles east of McCook, moving southeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cambridge, Arapahoe, Beaver City, Holbrook, Edison, Wilsonville and
  Hendley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10020 4035 9967 4000 9984 4000 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 293DEG 31KT 4028 10029 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mangels

2 follow-up statements

716 
WWUS53 KGID 040123
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
823 PM CDT Wed Jun 3 2020

NEC065-040145-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200604T0145Z/
Furnas NE-
823 PM CDT Wed Jun 3 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR FURNAS COUNTY...

At 823 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hendley, or 26
miles north of Norton, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Cambridge, Arapahoe, Beaver City, Holbrook, Edison, Wilsonville and
Hendley.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10020 4035 9967 4000 9984 4000 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 291DEG 36KT 4020 10003 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mangels

935 
WWUS53 KGID 040139
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
839 PM CDT Wed Jun 3 2020

NEC065-040149-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-200604T0145Z/
Furnas NE-
839 PM CDT Wed Jun 3 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FURNAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
845 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
south central Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4035 10020 4035 9967 4000 9984 4000 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 293DEG 31KT 4015 9987 

$$

Mangels

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Valley	39 min
Jun 3, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley	52 min
Jun 3, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	47 min
Jun 3, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Greeley, Hall, Howard, Merrick, Nance and 1 more	50 min
Jun 3, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	47 min
Jun 3, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Sherman	33 min
Jun 3, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, York	52 min
Jun 3, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phelps	44 min
Jun 3, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	27 min
Jun 3, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York	41 min
Jun 3, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Merrick, Polk, York	38 min
Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Hall, Kearney	52 min
Jun 3, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, York	51 min
Jun 3, 10:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster	50 min
Jun 3, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk, York	28 min
Jun 3, 10:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	24 min
Jun 3, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	52 min
Jun 3, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	49 min
Jun 4, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper	63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.