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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2020, 11:15 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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
- Jun 4, 2020, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 1422 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -86 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2024 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
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 Jun 4, 6:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 6:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Hastings NE 611 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 ...Aviation Update... .UPDATE... Issued at 450 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 Increased/expanded PoPs through tonight to more closely match the latest runs of the HRRR and other short term guidance. These models show thunderstorms moving west to east through the forecast area, mainly from 7pm to 1am tonight. && .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Friday night) Issued at 324 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 A mid-level embedded perturbation will help touch off some thunderstorms this afternoon near the cold front in South Dakota, and along a trough over Nebraska/Kansas this afternoon. Better support for severe weather with potential northern MCS to develop, keeping this mostly if not entirely out of our CWA where stronger updrafts will be supported. Hi-res models indicate the potential for convection to creep into the CWA this evening into the overnight, but nowhere near the support for severe weather as we had last night. Went closer to HRRR/HRRREXP for highs Friday, based on recent model performance statistics. Cold front will likely stall in the southern CWA or just south for Friday, but best moisture hold on more to the east. Our far east/southeast may be able to get in on some convection for the evening, but not much to hang our hat on, and generally looks dry for us Friday/Friday night. .LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday) Issued at 324 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 The story this weekend is HOT and WINDY! Saturday and Sunday look very similar with highs above normal in the 90s and gusty winds. Deep ridging will be in place over much of the central CONUS along with an upper level trof approaching from the west. Expecting a rather tight sfc pressure gradient on Saturday and Sunday ahead of the trof. This will lead to sustained southerly sfc winds around 20- 30 kts. Model soundings also suggest the potential for mixing down gusts to the sfc of around 40 kts. There could be a brief shot of precip Saturday night for far western portions of the CWA, but don't currently have a lot of confidence in this. Sunday night a minor short wave along the leading edge of the trof forms a cold front across the NE panhandle. As Monday comes around this front will start to push southeast across western NE. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop along the front late in the day on Monday. These storms are expected to impact the CWA overnight on Monday and into Tuesday as the front crosses through from the NW to the SE. Behind the front we can expect cooler, more seasonal temperatures for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z KGRI/KEAR TAFS through 00Z Saturday) Issued at 605 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 Scattered thunderstorms expected to move from west to east in the vicinity of the terminals this evening. The main threat to the terminals will be brief gusty winds to around 60 MPH. After the storms move through, skies will clear and winds will shift from the southwest to northwest overnight, and eventually to the east on Friday. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. && UPDATE...Mangels SHORT TERM...Heinlein LONG TERM...Shawkey AVIATION...Mangels
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:00 PM CDT, 6 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 500 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 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- 500 PM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to move through the area this evening and tonight, mainly between 7pm and 1am. Some of the storms may be capable of producing large hail the size of half dollars and damaging winds of 60 mph or greater. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Intermittent, small chances for thunderstorms exist across portions of the outlook area Friday evening through Saturday night. A few storms could be strong to severe, however widespread severe weather is not expected at this time. Looking ahead into next week, better chances for thunderstorms return to the outlook area in the Monday night into Tuesday time frame with the arrival of a cold front. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed on an isolated basis this evening. && 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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| Jun 4, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps, Sherman | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman, Valley | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Kearney | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hall, Howard, Merrick, Nance | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | York | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | York | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 18 min |
| Jun 4, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 11:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 9:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 9:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 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.