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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Hastings, NE

April 16, 2024Furnas County, Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2024, 12:24 AM CDT for Furnas County, Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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: Apr 16, 2024, 12:24 AM CDT (05:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2024, 12:52 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Phillips County, KS, Furnas County, NE, Harlan County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 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
Apr 15, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 2216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 20.1

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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 Apr 15, 9:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 9:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 9:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED
National Weather Service Hastings NE
956 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
170300-
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-
956 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and
portions of north central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Overnight.

Late this evening, thunderstorms are likely to develop initially
in southern and western portions of the area, including north
central Kansas, and then gradually track north and east across
much of the remainder of the area into early Tuesday morning.

Some of these storms will likely be severe, capable of
producing large hail to at least golf ball size, damaging wind
gusts of at least 60 MPH, and even a few tornadoes, with a strong
tornado not completely out of the question. A tornado threat
could exist not only with any more isolated storms, but perhaps
also along any kinks embedded within a line of storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Chances for thunderstorms continue during the day Tuesday and
even into Tuesday evening. A few of these storms could be strong
to marginally severe, mainly capable of producing hail up to
around quarter size, but the primary and more concerning threat
for severe storms will focus east of our area altogether.

Also Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday night, strong west-northwest
winds will gradually overspread the entire area, with gusts of at
least 40 to 50 MPH likely, and gusts perhaps to at least 55 MPH
possible especially in far western counties such as Dawson, Gosper
and Furnas.

Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, there is a low chance
for weak thunderstorms in parts of the area.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report any instances of severe weather
and possible thunderstorm-related damage through the overnight
hours.

&&

More information may be obtained at the following web page:
   https://www.weather.gov/hastings

Pfannkuch

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:58 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 16, 12:15 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 12:21 AM CDT, 3 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
Apr 16, 12:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan	30 min
Apr 16, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas	30 min
Apr 16, 12:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps	26 min
Apr 16, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	31 min
Apr 16, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	49 min
Apr 16, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	31 min
Apr 16, 1:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps	32 min
Apr 16, 2:02 AM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	Franklin, Webster	28 min
Apr 16, 2:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Nuckolls, Webster	32 min
Apr 16, 2:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster	26 min
Apr 16, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton and 5 more	45 min
Apr 16, 2:36 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney	24 min
Apr 16, 2:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	30 min
Apr 16, 2:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls	22 min
Apr 16, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton and 7 more	35 min
Apr 16, 3:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 6 more	36 min
Apr 16, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Greeley, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk and 2 more	30 min
Apr 16, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	28 min
Apr 16, 5:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay, Nuckolls	30 min
Apr 16, 6:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton	45 min
Apr 16, 6:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore, Thayer, York	46 min
Apr 16, 7:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Polk, York	38 min
Apr 16, 7:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Polk, York	38 min
Apr 16, 7:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk	27 min
Apr 16, 10:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin, Kearney	46 min
Apr 16, 10:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin, Webster	46 min
Apr 16, 11:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Nuckolls, Webster	50 min
Apr 16, 12:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	37 min
Apr 16, 12:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	38 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.