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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2022, 6:57 PM CDT for Franklin County, Harlan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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
- May 17, 2022, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2022, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Franklin County, NE, Harlan County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -755 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 17, 6:50 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:50 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Hastings NE 650 PM CDT Tue May 17 2022 .DISCUSSION...(This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 337 PM CDT Tue May 17 2022 The main concern in the near term is the chance for strong to severe thunderstorms this evening. Showers and thunderstorms that moved across the area earlier today have exited the region. There is concern that the morning convection may have impacted the potential for initial development of thunderstorms. Temperatures have risen into the 80s across much of the area with a few areas in the 90s. Dewpoints are currently in the low to mid-60s across much of the area. An upper level trough continues to move across the area this afternoon and a cold front will be moving through later this afternoon. SBCAPE values of 3000 J/kg, MUCAPE values of 3000 J/kg, and DCAPE around 1000+ J/kg are expected this afternoon. Steep mid-level lapse rates of 8 C/km and decent shear will be conducive for storm development. Storms are expected to develop along the cold front with large hail and damaging winds being the primary threats. Storms are expected to become more of a line with damaging winds and an isolated tornado as the main hazards. The other concern is a small chance for some blowing dust as the cold front moves in and/or outflow kicks up dust and carries it. Storm chances continue overnight, clearing out by daybreak. Wednesday, zonal flow will be in place over the area. Temperatures will be a little cooler than today, with highs in the low 80s and lows in the mid to upper 50s. Thursday and Friday, an upper trough will drop into the Central Plains from the northwest. The area may get clipped with a few showers and thunderstorms in the northeastern portion of the area. Precipitation chances are low at this point in time. Highs Thursday will be in the 90s. Cooler air pushes into the region Friday, with highs ranging from the low 60s in the northwest to the low 70s in the southeast. Friday evening through the weekend, the upper trough expands west to east from western Montana to New England. A few disturbances are expected to move through the area during this time which could give us a few rain showers. Little to no accumulation is expected at this point in time. Cooler temperatures persist with highs in the 60s and 70s. Lows will be in the 30s and 40s. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z KGRI/KEAR TAFS through 00Z Thursday) Issued at 638 PM CDT Tue May 17 2022 Main concern for any thunderstorms approaching the terminals will be this evening, but confidence in any activity making it that far north isn't on the high side...as some model keep the brunt of things to the south. Once this storm threat passes, dry conditions are forecast for the rest of this TAF period. Current easterly winds are expected to turn more northerly this evening, then remaining NNWrly through the end of the period. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. && DISCUSSION...Wekesser AVIATION...ADP
Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 3:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 348 PM CDT Tue May 17 2022 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 181200- 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- 348 PM CDT Tue May 17 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. A cold front will move into the region late this afternoon through the evening, kicking off showers and thunderstorms. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible with hail to the size of golfballs and 70 mph winds being the primary hazards. An isolated tornado cannot be entirely ruled out. There is a possibility of some blowing dust being picked up as the cold front moves through and ahead of any storms. Be prepared for some reductions to visibility where blowing dust is occurring. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. There is another chance for thunderstorms Thursday, particularly in the northeastern part of the area. A few storms may become strong to severe. There are slight chances of thunderstorms over the weekend and into Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any severe weather this evening to the National Weather Service. && 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 38 min |
| May 16, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Sherman | 44 min |
| May 17, 11:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Greeley | 51 min |
| May 17, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas | 24 min |
| May 17, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas | 28 min |
| May 17, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas | 42 min |
| May 17, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 32 min |
| May 17, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Kearney | 23 min |
| May 17, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 30 min |
| May 17, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 21 min |
| May 17, 6:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Kearney | 39 min |
| May 17, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 31 min |
| May 17, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Kearney | 28 min |
| May 17, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips | 36 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.