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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Hastings, NE

July 30, 20264 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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 30, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2026, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Greeley County, NE, Howard County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 30, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2026-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2366 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2026-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
11.2

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley, Sherman, Valley46 min
Jul 30, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley46 min
Jul 30, 7:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson41 min
Jul 30, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson38 min
Jul 30, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson47 min
Jul 30, 8:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward, Merrick, Nance, Polk, Sherman45 min
Jul 30, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson32 min
Jul 30, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Kearney, Phelps42 min
Jul 30, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance and 2 more49 min
Jul 30, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney, Phelps32 min
Jul 30, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster49 min
Jul 30, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith45 min
Jul 31, 12:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell53 min

Nearby

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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.