Thunderstorms moved out of central Kansas and into north-central sections. The storms brought heavy rains and a few tornadoes.
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The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
Thunderstorms moved out of central Kansas and into north-central sections. The storms brought heavy rains and a few tornadoes. No major damage was caused by the twisters.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Sep 21, 10:32 AM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1132 AM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 .UPDATE...REFRESHED GRIDS FOR SH0RT TERM CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. FAR SOUTHERN CWFA NEAR/AT WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH AT RUSSELL AND HAYS KANSAS. AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES CLOSER...WINDS SHOULD SLOWLY SETTLE JUST ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE ADVISORY. OF BIGGER CONCERN...IS WHETHER THUNDERSTORMS CAN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTH WITH THE APPROACH OF THE UPPER LEVEL LOW. MORNING MODELS PEGGED A DOWN PERIOD AROUND MIDDAY...BEFORE SHARP DYNAMIC/ISENTROPIC AND JET IMPACT LIFT ALL TAKE HOLD ACROSS THE CENTRAL KANSAS AREA BY 4 PM. SMALL WEDGE OF CLEARING IN DRY SLOT WRAPPING AROUND LOW...DOES NOT APPEAR SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW FOR A HUGE PROBLEM IN TERMS OF SEVERE WEATHER...ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE ENOUGH FOR AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM OR TWO SOUTHERN ZONE. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS AS THE CLEARING IS GOING TO BE TOO SHORT LIVED. WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH...AND UPDATE SITUATION AS NEEDED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 326 AM CDT THU SEP 21 2006/ DISCUSSION...WET WEATHER SHAPING UP. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY PLACED CENTER OF UPPER LOW CIRCULATION IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AS OF 07Z. AT THE SURFACE...WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS ORIENTED NEAR THE KS AND NEBRASKA BORDER. SURFACE DPS HAD INCREASED INTO THE 50S IN OUR EASTERN COUNTIES...WHILE EVENING UPPER ANALYSIS PLACED AXIS OF 10C H85 DPS FROM SOUTH OF LBF TO DDC. TSTMS DEVELOPED THIS EVENING IN INCREASING ISENTROPIC LIFT AHEAD OF APPROACHING SYSTEM...AIDED BY A 60KT LOW LEVEL JET. TSTM ACTIVITY REMAINS SCATTERED ATTM...HOWEVER PCPN SHOULD CONTINUE TO ENHANCE DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS THE UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO KS THIS MORNING. THE SYSTEM IS LIFTING OUT SLOWER AND FARTHER SOUTH THAN PREVIOUSLY INDICATED BY MODELS...PLACING DEFORMATION PCPN A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH AS WELL. AS A WHOLE...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL WILL SET UP TODAY AS THE SYSTEM CROSSES THRU KS TODAY AND THEN LIFTS INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES IN EXCESS OF AN INCH. OVERALL INSTABILITY DECREASES THRU THE DAY AND HAVE ONLY MENTIONED ISOLATED TSTM POTENTIAL. CAVEAT TO THIS IS NARROW CORRIDOR OF PROGGED SFC BASED INSTABILITY AROUND 21Z IN OUR FAR SOUTHERN ZONES IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO DRY SLOT. GIVEN TRENDS OF A MORE SOUTHERN TRACK OF SYSTEM...DO NOT BELIEVE POTENTIAL OF TSTMS OR SVR POTENTIAL IS TOO PROMISING ATTM. WE REMAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LOW AND TROUGH PATTERN INTO THE WEEKEND AND MODELS STILL DIVERGE IN TIMING OF SUBSEQUENT PIECES OF ENERGY CROSSING OUR REGION. EXPECT A PERIOD OF SUBSIDENCE ON FRIDAY BEHIND THE FIRST DEPARTING LOW...HOWEVER THE LOW LEVELS REMAIN SATURATED WHILE THE MID LEVELS DRY AND CLOUD COVER WILL BE PREVALENT THE NEXT THREE DAYS. AS LIFT INCREASES AGAIN ON FRIDAY WE COULD SEE SOME DRIZZLE DEVELOP BEFORE TURNING AGAIN TO RAIN SHOWERS. FRIDAY MAY NOT BE A COMPLETE RAIN-OUT WITH SOME BREAK IN ACTIVITY EXPECTED...BUT THE PATTERN AS A WHOLE THROUGH SATURDAY IS MORE WET THAN DRY. NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. && WFO GID
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1142 AM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-221200- VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO- HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE- FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 1142 AM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE FROM STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) KSZ005>007-017>019-221200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- 1142 AM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON... AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG...AND BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST...AND ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8 PM. THE RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 228 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 KSZ018-212000- OSBORNE- 228 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR OSBORNE COUNTY... AT 225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF LURAY...OR 38 MILES WEST OF LINCOLN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A TORNADO IN RUSSELL KANSAS AROUND 200 PM...AND COULD STILL RE-INTENSIFY THROUGH 300 PM. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY BY 240 PM CDT RURAL CENTRAL OSBORNE COUNTY BY 250 PM CDT WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 252 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 KSZ018-212015- OSBORNE- 252 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR OSBORNE COUNTY... AT 251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF OSBORNE...OR 38 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OSBORNE BY 305 PM CDT PORTIS BY 315 PM CDT SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A TORNADO IN RUSSELL KANSAS AROUND 200 PM...AND COULD STILL RE-INTENSIFY THROUGH 330 PM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 306 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 KSZ019-212030- MITCHELL- 306 PM CDT THU SEP 21 2006 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR MITCHELL COUNTY... AT 303 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF VICTOR...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...AND MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BELOIT BY 325 PM CDT SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JCB
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:06 UTC.
3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
This tornado crossed into Mitchell county from Lincoln county. The tornado did hit one farmstead and damaged a few outbuildings, tv antenna and tower, and caused minor damage to the house.
This tornado was spotted along with the previous Mitchell county tornado. The tornado stayed out in open areas and caused no damage.
This tornado sat down northeast of Beloit and moved north and west of town. It lifted just before the county line. The twister stayed out in open country and caused no damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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