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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2020, 6:37 PM CDT for Furnas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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 20, 2020, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2020, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Furnas County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 20, 3:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 3:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 333 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 211200- 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- 333 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A few thunderstorms are possible this evening between 7PM and midnight. An isolated severe thunderstorm with large hail up to golf ball size and damaging wind gusts around 60mph is possible, mainly for areas near and north of Interstate 80. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Off and on thunderstorms are in the forecast for the remainder of the outlook period. Sunday afternoon and evening continue to look like the best chance for severe weather during this time period, especially along and east of a line from Greeley to Alma Nebraska and including north central Kansas, between 3 pm and 11 pm. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats. Additional strong thunderstorms are possible next week, so be sure to stay up to date on the latest forecast. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed tonight between 7 pm and midnight north of Interstate 80. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:12 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Hastings NE 612 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020 NEZ082-202345- Furnas NE- 612 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN FURNAS COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM CDT... At 612 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Cambridge, or 27 miles east of McCook, moving east at 25 mph. Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Cambridge, Arapahoe and Holbrook. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 4029 10019 4034 9990 4016 9985 4014 10019 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 255DEG 24KT 4023 10010 Fay
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:27 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
627 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020
NEZ039-210000-
Valley NE-
627 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN VALLEY COUNTY UNTIL 700
PM CDT...
At 626 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Burwell, moving southeast at 35 mph.
Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Ord, Elyria and Fort Hartsuff State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
central Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4174 9893 4165 9882 4158 9902 4161 9921
4174 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 297DEG 28KT 4172 9919
FaySpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 6:30 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Hastings NE 630 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020 NEZ082-210000- Furnas NE- 630 PM CDT Sat Jun 20 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN FURNAS COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT... At 630 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lebanon, or 23 miles northwest of Norton, moving east at 25 mph. Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Wilsonville and Hendley. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 4015 10019 4015 9997 4000 9999 4000 10019 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 285DEG 23KT 4006 10022 Fay
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas | 30 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.