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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Hastings, NE

July 3, 2022Dawson County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2022, 8:04 PM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 3, 2022, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2022, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dawson County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2022-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1718 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2022-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1718 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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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 Jul 3, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:22 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:24 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 7:50 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas36 min
Jul 3, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson40 min
Jul 3, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas37 min
Jul 3, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas32 min
Jul 3, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin, Kearney38 min
Jul 3, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson, Gosper31 min
Jul 3, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster37 min
Jul 3, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Kearney27 min
Jul 3, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams29 min
Jul 3, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDClay51 min
Jul 3, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley33 min
Jul 3, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo, Kearney26 min
Jul 3, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley23 min
Jul 3, 11:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo, Kearney29 min
Jul 3, 11:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley43 min
Jul 3, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall25 min
Jul 4, 12:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall25 min
Jul 4, 12:54 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDHall, Hamilton, Merrick25 min
Jul 4, 1:10 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDMerrick14 min
Jul 4, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley22 min
Jul 4, 2:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNance24 min
Jul 4, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHarlan31 min
Jul 3, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne45 min
Jul 3, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell38 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.