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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Hastings, NE

August 15, 2026Dawson County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2026, 1:39 AM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 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 15, 2026, 1:39 AM CDT (06:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2026, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dawson County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2026-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1154 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2026-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1154 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 12:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas, Gosper, Phelps51 min
Aug 15, 1:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson, Furnas, Gosper, Phelps47 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.