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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2023, 5:17 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 10, 2023, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2023, 5:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Buffalo County, NE, Kearney County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 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 Aug 10, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 250 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 111200- 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- 250 PM CDT Thu Aug 10 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A weak front moving across the area this evening and early overnight may spark a renegade thunderstorm or two, mainly over south central Nebraska. To be frank, the chance of a thunderstorm is very small, and areal coverage would be sparse at best, but if a storm does develop, it could be strong to severe. Hail to the size of half dollars and wind gusts of 60 mph be would be possible. Any thunderstorm development would mostly likely occur between 5 PM and 11 PM. The storms would move to the east southeast in direction. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. On Friday afternoon, heat index values along and near the Kansas border, and across north central Kansas, will be around 100 degrees at times. The next chance for thunderstorms is Saturday night through Sunday evening. Thunderstorms are possible along the the front as it passes, and while strong or severe storms may occur, it is too early to pin down any specific hazards, timing and location information at this point. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report hail or any size and damaging wind gusts to the National Weather Service in Hastings. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 5:08 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Kearney | 13 min |
| Aug 10, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Kearney | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips | 32 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.