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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Hastings, NE

June 23, 2022Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2022, 11:44 PM CDT for Jewell 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 23, 2022, 11:44 PM CDT (04:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2022, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Jewell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 23, 6:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Hastings NE
637 PM CDT Thu Jun 23 2022

..AVIATION UPDATE..

.DISCUSSION...(This evening through Thursday)
Issued at 228 PM CDT Thu Jun 23 2022

The main story for today is the threat for severe thunderstorms
later this afternoon through the evening. There is decent model
agreement that convection will largely target areas south of I-80.
But unfortunately there is still some question on storm
intensity. Mesoanalysis shows a supercell-favorable environment
with 30-40kts of deep shear and 2500J/kg+ of MLCAPE. Additionally,
low-level instability and helicity will be strong enough to
support a tornado threat. The remaining question is how much of
this environment we can tap into. The HRRR continues to advertise
largely elevated and weaker convection (likely keeping surface
parcels capped). On the other hand, many of the other HREF members
develop stronger surface-based storms which would potentially
bring all severe hazards into play. Since we are seeing some
storms starting to develop in response to forcing arriving from
the southwest, so I tend to favor the higher severe threat
indicated by the other HREF members.

Activity will exit the area by Friday morning, but we will
potentially have another round in the afternoon and evening.
Before that, we will have another hot day for many locations.
Southern areas may see temperatures top 100 degrees and heat index
values reaching 105 degrees. Details on convective evolution for
Friday afternoon/evening is somewhat uncertain, but stronger
forcing aloft and an approaching front should yield at least
scattered convection. This would likely favor our northern half,
and the hot and humid air would be favorable for severe weather.

The weekend then cools down after the cold front moves through
the area. Saturday will be breezy with highs in the 80s. There is
still a chance for a few storms in our southeast, but most areas
will be dry. Sunday will be even cooler, with highs in the 70s.
The overall pattern is looking quite dry Sunday through at least
the middle of next week as temperatures climb back into the mid to
upper 90s.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 00Z KGRI/KEAR TAFS through 00Z Saturday)
Issued at 631 PM CDT Thu Jun 23 2022

Thunderstorms are developing across the area this evening, but
activity is expected to remain south of the terminals.

LLWS is expected to affect both terminals late tonight and into
the early morning hours.

There are indications of some lower stratus in the early morning
hours, but while models indicate this may be more likely at KGRI,
confidence is too low to include in this TAF issuance.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

DISCUSSION...Mangels
AVIATION...Hickford

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 10:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 3:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	34 min
Jun 24, 4:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	35 min
Jun 23, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	28 min
Jun 23, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	40 min
Jun 23, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	45 min
Jun 23, 7:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	39 min
Jun 23, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell, Osborne	50 min
Jun 23, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell	43 min
Jun 23, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GID	Mitchell	52 min
Jun 23, 9:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	27 min
Jun 23, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	49 min
Jun 23, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	28 min
Jun 23, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	29 min
Jun 24, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	22 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.