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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2020, 11:44 PM CDT for Franklin County, Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 26, 2020, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2020, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Phillips County, KS, Smith County, KS, Franklin County, NE, Harlan County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:43 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 26, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 939 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
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 26, 7:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 7:14 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 1136 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2020 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 271200- 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- 1136 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Scattered thunderstorms will continue through tonight, mainly for areas along and south of I-80. Some of these storms will be severe with hail to around the size of quarters and damaging wind gusts around 60 MPH. Localized heavy rain may also lead to isolated flooding of low- lying areas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. Additional thunderstorm chances arrive Saturday evening. A few of these storms could also be strong to severe. Slight chances for thunderstorms continue Sunday and Monday, with better chances returning Tuesday through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this evening and tonight along and south of HWY 6. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 8:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Hastings NE 1130 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2020 KSZ019-270500- Mitchell KS- 1130 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... At 1129 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Asherville, or 9 miles southeast of Beloit, moving northeast at 15 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Asherville, Simpson and Scottsville. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for north central Kansas. LAT...LON 3922 9798 3948 9809 3955 9793 3924 9793 TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 243DEG 12KT 3938 9797 Billings Wright
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:33 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Hastings NE 1133 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2020 NEZ086-087-270500- Thayer NE-Nuckolls NE- 1133 PM CDT Fri Jun 26 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS AND SOUTHWESTERN THAYER COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... At 1133 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Ruskin, or 24 miles northwest of Belleville, moving northeast at 10 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Deshler, Chester, Hardy, Ruskin and Byron. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for south central Nebraska. LAT...LON 4000 9793 4017 9796 4026 9767 4000 9757 TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 243DEG 9KT 4011 9790 Billings Wright
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 43 min |
| Jun 27, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 42 min |
| Jun 27, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls | 28 min |
| Jun 27, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 38 min |
| Jun 27, 12:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 33 min |
| Jun 27, 1:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 28 min |
| Jun 26, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 27 min |
| Jun 27, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 39 min |
| Jun 27, 1:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 26 min |
| Jun 27, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 1:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Mitchell | 5 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 48 min |
| Jun 27, 2:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 6 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Smith | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 6:54 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Mitchell | 25 hr |
| Jun 27, 6:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Mitchell | 9 hr |
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.