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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2020, 5:53 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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 18, 2020, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2020, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Mitchell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 297 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 18, 4:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 4:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 317 PM CDT Thu Jun 18 2020 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 191200- 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- 317 PM CDT Thu Jun 18 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Thunderstorms will be possible along Highway 81 corridor late this afternoon and early evening. An isolated strong to marginally severe thunderstorm is possible through 8PM. The primary threat is for a brief and isolated damaging 60 MPH wind gust. Additional thunderstorms will be possible southeast of a line from Lexington to Fullerton late overnight, with best chances southeast of a Holdredge to York line. Small, non-severe hail can't be ruled out in the strongest cells. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Thunderstorms will again be possible on Friday into Saturday. A few of these thunderstorms could be strong to marginally severe, primarily Friday night into Saturday. Thunderstorm chances will continue off and on again across portions of the outlook area through Wednesday. While no day looks particularly concerning for severe weather at this time, some bouts of strong thunderstorms are possible, so be sure to stay up to date on the latest forecast. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters activation may be needed along and near Highway 81 corridor late this afternoon and early evening. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings Thies
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Hastings NE 358 PM CDT Thu Jun 18 2020 NEZ077-087-182145- Thayer NE-Fillmore NE- 358 PM CDT Thu Jun 18 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN FILLMORE AND NORTHEASTERN THAYER COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT... At 357 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ohiowa, or 35 miles south of York, moving north at 10 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Milligan and Ohiowa. LAT...LON 4034 9753 4055 9750 4052 9737 4031 9737 TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 196DEG 8KT 4038 9742 JCB
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 4:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 47 min |
| Jun 18, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 25 min |
| Jun 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 45 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.