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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Hastings, NE

May 6, 2024Furnas County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2024, 12:06 PM CDT for Furnas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
May 6, 2024, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2024, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Furnas County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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
May 6, 11:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 268 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2024-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 553 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2024-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 303 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
553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
381 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 May 6, 6:18 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:18 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 4:42 AM CDT, 7 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
442 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

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070945-
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-
442 AM CDT Mon May 6 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected to initially begin developing late
this morning, mainly west of Highway 281 and then expand in
coverage and intensity as they track east of Highway 281 this
afternoon. The most likely window for severe weather across south
central Nebraska and north Central Kansas will be between noon and
7 PM today, with the storms likely tracking east of the outlook
area thereafter. The primary severe weather threats will be hail
to around the size of golf balls, wind gusts to 75 mph, and
perhaps even a few tornadoes.

Today will be a windy day regardless of any thunderstorms. Strong
south southeasterly winds are expected ahead of the front today
with gusts as high as 40 to 45 mph.

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

There will be a few off and on again chances for isolated
thunderstorms Tuesday night through Thursday night across portions
of the outlook area. However, severe weather is currently not
expected through the remainder of the outlook period after Monday
evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters are encouraged to relay reports of hail, damaging
wind, and tornadoes.

&&

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps25 min
May 6, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan39 min
May 6, 2:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin38 min
May 6, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Kearney24 min
May 6, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin48 min
May 6, 3:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney45 min
May 6, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster39 min
May 6, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall45 min
May 6, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster35 min
May 6, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams44 min
May 6, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster31 min
May 6, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster22 min
May 6, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster49 min
May 6, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster16 min
May 6, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHamilton, Merrick, Nance43 min
May 6, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Hamilton17 min
May 6, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Merrick, Nuckolls, Polk and 2 more50 min
May 6, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York38 min
May 6, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore, Thayer44 min
May 6, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks47 min
May 6, 1:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips48 min
May 6, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks45 min
May 6, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks30 min
May 6, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Rooks49 min
May 6, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith33 min
May 6, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith37 min
May 6, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks32 min
May 6, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Rooks39 min
May 6, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGIDJewell, Smith30 min
May 6, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith19 min
May 6, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne43 min
May 6, 6:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell49 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.