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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Hastings, NE

July 6, 2024Fillmore County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2024, 5:59 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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 6, 2024, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2024, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Fillmore County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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
Jul 6, 12:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 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: 320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 6, 5:01 PM CDT, 58 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Severe storms are possible across the area this afternoon into this evening. The main threats will be large hail and damaging winds.
Showers and storms will also be possible Sunday and again on Wednesday. Severe weather is not expected at this time.
High temperatures will range from the mid 70s to mid 90s with low temperatures in the mid 50s to lower 70s.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 5:01 PM CDT, 58 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Hastings NE
501 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Severe storms are possible across the area this afternoon into
  this evening. The main threats will be large hail and damaging
  winds.

- Showers and storms will also be possible Sunday and again on
  Wednesday. Severe weather is not expected at this time.

- High temperatures will range from the mid 70s to mid 90s with
  low temperatures in the mid 50s to lower 70s.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 459 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

Due to ongoing severe weather, we are unable to issue a new AFD
this afternoon. We will attempt to issue an update to the
forecast discussion, key messages and HWO as time allows later
this evening.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY/...
Issued at 1234 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

For KGRI/KEAR Airports:

Showers and thunderstorms moving across the area will impact the
TAF sites this afternoon. The most likely timeframe for KEAR
will be between 06/19Z and 06/22Z, and from 06/20Z to 06/23Z at
KGRI. Some of these thunderstorms are expected to produce hail
to the size of golf balls and potentially brief gusts of over 60
mph. There may be brief visibility reductions in heavy rain as
well. CIGS are expected to remain VFR through the evening with
bases around 5k-7k ft AGL. CIGS may drop to IFR to MVFR briefly
toward the end of the period Sunday morning. Wind direction will
be pretty variable through the period, but generally easterly
through this evening (other than near thunderstorms where winds
will be erratic and gusty). Winds will become light and variable
overnight, then northerly mid- to late Sunday morning. Outside
of thunderstorm impacts, winds are expected to be 8 kts or less
through the TAF period.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...None.
KS...None.

&&

DISCUSSION...Rossi
AVIATION...Hickford

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 2:01 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
201 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

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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-
201 PM CDT Sat Jul 6 2024

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Strong to severe storms have developed and will move across the
outlook area this afternoon into this evening. Hail up to the size
of golf balls and wind gusts in excess of 60 mph will be possible.
An isolated tornado or two will also be possible. A severe
thunderstorm watch is in effect for the majority of the outlook
area until 8 PM this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Thunderstorms are possible Sunday into Sunday night and again
Wednesday into Wednesday night. Severe weather is not expected at
this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotters are encouraged to report any instances of severe
weather.

&&

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

In the hours 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
Jul 6, 11:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	47 min
Jul 6, 11:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	39 min
Jul 6, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Dawson	50 min
Jul 6, 12:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper	50 min
Jul 6, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	39 min
Jul 6, 1:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	52 min
Jul 6, 1:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	18 min
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Phelps	17 min
Jul 6, 1:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps	43 min
Jul 6, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	45 min
Jul 6, 2:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	40 min
Jul 6, 2:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Kearney, Phelps	20 min
Jul 6, 2:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Adams, Kearney	46 min
Jul 6, 2:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Kearney	16 min
Jul 6, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	29 min
Jul 6, 2:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Gosper, Phelps	10 min
Jul 6, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	51 min
Jul 6, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Kearney	50 min
Jul 6, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo, Gosper, Kearney, Phelps	41 min
Jul 6, 3:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper	44 min
Jul 6, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Hall	35 min
Jul 6, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Adams, Kearney	29 min
Jul 6, 3:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	Adams, Kearney	21 min
Jul 6, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster	45 min
Jul 6, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams	15 min
Jul 6, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton	40 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams, Clay	31 min
Jul 6, 4:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Hall, Kearney and 1 more	6 hr
Jul 6, 4:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Adams, Clay, Franklin, Kearney, Webster	6 hr
Jul 6, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	32 min
Jul 6, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay	42 min
Jul 6, 5:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Clay	30 min
Jul 6, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	46 min
Jul 6, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, York	49 min
Jul 6, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore	16 min
Jul 6, 5:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Fillmore	31 min
Jul 6, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	44 min
Jul 6, 6:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Nuckolls, Thayer	5 hr
Jul 6, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hall	35 min
Jul 6, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	44 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.