This early Saturday morning featured a somewhat rare phenomenon across much of the 24-county area, as southerly wind gusts of at least 50-70 MPH developed on the backside of a departing quasi-linear mesoscale convective system (MCS) due to the formation of an intense wake low. In some places, these high winds lasted for around an hour or more.
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The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
This early Saturday morning featured a somewhat rare phenomenon across much of the 24-county area, as southerly wind gusts of at least 50-70 MPH developed on the backside of a departing quasi-linear mesoscale convective system (MCS) due to the formation of an intense wake low. In some places, these high winds lasted for around an hour or more. A few of the peak measured wind gusts from airport sensors included 66 MPH at Grand Island, 59 MPH at Holdrege and 55 MPH at Hastings, all occurring between 230-530 AM CDT. Damage was reported across parts of the area as well, including small outbuildings destroyed and irrigation pivots overturned near Arcadia, and a fireworks tent and trailer blown over in Holdrege. Interestingly, the squall line itself did not produce a single severe-criteria report as it passed through the majority of South Central Nebraska between State Highway 92 and the Kansas border, although Hastings airport measured a 51 MPH gust along its leading edge at 130 AM CDT. This squall line first entered western parts of the area around Dawson and Buffalo Counties between 11 PM and midnight CDT, and eventually exited the local area out of Thayer and Nuckolls Counties between 3-4 AM CDT. Following the departure of this squall line, a few additional clusters of primarily multicell storms flared up and tracked east through parts of the area, one focused generally near the Highway 6 corridor and the other north of Highway 92. One of these storms briefly intensified into an elevated supercell as it passed through Adams and Clay Counties between 630-730 AM CDT, dropping a quick barrage of penny to quarter size hail on Hastings. Finally by 930 AM CDT, all thunderstorm activity had departed the eastern fringes of the 24-county area. Storm total rainfall through the night only averaged between 0.25-inch and 1-inch.
On the synoptic scale aloft, this event occurred in a typical early-summer pattern with South Central Nebraska positioned beneath modest quasi-zonal mid-level flow between the northern fringe of an expansive subtropical high dominating the southern United States, and stronger flow over the Northern Plains. At the surface, broad southerly flow preceded the arrival of the squall line, which evolved from initial thunderstorm development in southwest Nebraska and northeast Colorado during the early evening of the 22nd. This squall line and its subsequent multicell clusters were sustained across southern Nebraska by a nocturnally increasing low level jet, and in the presence of most-unstable CAPE averaging at least 1000-2000 J/kg. Significant wake low events such as this one are thought to develop in response to adiabatic warming in the wake of mature squall lines at the back edge of the rain shield, where evaporative cooling is unable to offset warming due to atmospheric subsidence, or downward motion.
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 Jun 22, 11:15 PM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1215 AM CDT SAT JUN 23 2012 .AVIATION...06Z KGRI TAF. THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THE TAF PERIOD WILL FOCUS ON THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO SHIFT EASTWARD TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME...THUNDERSTORMS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE SEVERE. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE AS THE LOW LEVEL JET KICKS UP THIS EVENING...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO LINGER THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS BEFORE LIKELY COMING TO AN END AROUND 12Z. THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY EXPECT CEILINGS IN INCREASE AND CLOUDS TO DISSIPATE. AS LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE HIGH PLAINS SHIFTS SOUTHWARD...EXPECT SOUTH WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE EAST TOWARDS THE VERY END OF THE TAF PERIOD. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 755 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012/ UPDATE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE ALREADY RISEN ABOVE 20 PERCENTAND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES COOL. NEXT FOCUS WILL BE ON ONGOING HIGH PLAINS CONVECTION WHICH MAY HOLD TOGETHER/ORGANIZE AND ROLL EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 358 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012/ SHORT TERM...THROUGH SATURDAY. MORNING UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATES LONG WAVE RIDGING OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGE...WITH TROUGHING OVER THE EASTERN CONUS AS WELL AS THE FAR WESTERN CONUS. MID AND UPPER LEVEL JET ENERGY EXTENDS FROM THE WEST-CENTRAL CONUS NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS...AND THEN EAST/SOUTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS INCREASED VALUES OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE WESTERN AND EASTERN CONUS...BUT MID LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS FAIRLY MEAGER OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY ALSO INDICATES A SUBTLE MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE APPROACHING THE MID ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGE. AT THE SURFACE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXISTS OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY...WITH LOW LEVEL RETURN FLOW OVERTAKING THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SURFACE RIDGE. LOW LEVEL RETURN FLOW ACROSS OUR CWA REMAINS FROM THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST AS A RESULT. FORECAST PROXIMITY SOUNDINGS PER RAP ANALYSIS AND LAPS DATA SUGGEST AFTERNOON BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING TO AROUND 850MB IS BEING REALIZED ACROSS MUCH OF OUR CWA. A LAYER OF DRY AIR NEAR THE TOP OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER HAS ALLOWED SURFACE DEW POINTS TO DROP OFF SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS OUR WEST/SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...WEST OF HIGHWAY 281...CATCHING THE BRUNT OF THE DRY AIR. THE SURFACE DEW POINT AT KPHG HAS FALLEN INTO THE UPPER 30S AND RESULTANT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS OUR EXTREME SOUTHWEST HAVE SINCE PLUMMETED TO NEAR 15%. WITH SURFACE WINDS REMAINING SUSTAINED AT OR ABOVE 17KTS...WENT AHEAD WITH AN RFW FOR ROOKS AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES UNTIL 8 PM. THE MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE APPROACHING THE MID ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGE SHOULD HELP PROMOTE CONVECTIVE INITIATION ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THIS HIGH PLAINS CONVECTION IS THEN EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT ALONG WITH THE MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE. IN ADDITION TO THE OMEGA AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL THROUGH AXIS...INCREASED LOW LEVEL THETA-E ADVECTION ALONG THE AXIS OF A 50-60KT LLJ SHOULD ALSO HELP SUSTAIN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. THE BULK OF THE FORCING SHOULD REMAIN ACROSS OUR NORTH AND NORTHEAST TONIGHT AS THIS IS WHERE THE NOSE OF THE LLJ...AS WELL AS THE MAJORITY OF THE OMEGA AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL TROUGH AXIS...SHOULD BE RELEGATED. QPF FIELDS FROM THE NAM...OPERATIONAL GFS...EC...AND SREF-MEAN RESPOND BY SUGGESTING MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS OUR CWA WILL BE REALIZED ACROSS OUR NORTH/NORTHEAST. THAT BEING SAID...THE NAM...AS WELL AS THE 4KM WRF-NMM...SUGGEST ADDITIONAL HIGH PLAINS CONVECTION LOCATED FARTHER SOUTH OF THE PRIMARY AREA OF FORCING...COULD ALSO MOVE ALONG OR NEAR THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER TONIGHT THUS ALSO BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR RAIN FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS OUR CWA. WILL GO AHEAD AND RELEGATE THE HIGHEST POPS ACROSS OUR NORTH/NORTHEAST FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED REASONS...BUT ALSO BROUGHT LOWER POPS FARTHER SOUTH ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF THE CWA TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF PRECIPITATION BEING REALIZED FARTHER SOUTH. INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL HELP PROMOTE INCREASED INSTABILITY ACROSS OUR ENTIRE CWA TONIGHT. THE NAM...OPERATIONAL GFS...AND EC SUGGEST DEEP LAYER MUCAPE VALUES OF 1000-1500J/KG WILL BE REALIZED ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA TONIGHT...WITH DEEP LAYER BULK SHEAR OF AROUND 40KTS ALSO EXPECTED. GIVEN ALL THIS...WILL OUTLOOK THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL IN THE HWO FOR TONIGHT. STRONG SOUTH/SOUTHEASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW AND PERSISTENT LOW LEVEL WAA SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES RATHER WARM TONIGHT WITH OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE DROP OFFS OF ~20 DEGREES CURRENTLY EXPECTED. THIS PRESENTS OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. CONTINUED LOW LEVEL WAA WILL PRESENT ANOTHER WARM DAY TOMORROW WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURE RISES IN EXCESS OF 30 DEGREES POSSIBLE AS THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELD TURNS MORE SOUTHWESTERLY BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SATURDAY AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TO NEAR 100 ARE FORECAST AS A RESULT. BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING TO BETWEEN 850MB AND 825MB IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND WITH PERSISTENT DRY AIR NEAR THE TOP OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER IT IS FAIR TO ASSUME AFTERNOON DEW POINTS WILL DROP OFF ONCE AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR WEST/SOUTHWEST WHERE BOUNDARY LAYER MIXING WILL BE DEEPEST. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD PLUMMET TO LEVELS WELL BELOW 20%...BUT THE APPROACH OF A SURFACE TROUGH FROM THE WEST SHOULD KEEP THE SURFACE WINDS MUCH WEAKER THAN WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED TODAY AND AS A RESULT...THE NEED FOR RFW ISSUANCE ON SATURDAY IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS WILL BE A MOSTLY DRY AND HOT PERIOD WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. A LARGE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AT 500 MB WILL BE SITUATED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AT THE START OF THE PERIOD. 700 MB TEMPERATURES OF 15C TO 17C INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF A VERY STRONG CAP THAT IS UNLIKELY TO BE BROKEN. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO FLATTEN OUT BY MID WEEK AND THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN RIGHT NOW APPEARS TO BE FRIDAY WHEN BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS AGREE ON A WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THAT WILL ACT TO FURTHER FLATTEN THE UPPER RIDGE. BETWEEN THE 12Z ECMWF AND 12Z GFS...THE ECMWF IS CERTAINLY THE DRIER OF THE TWO MODELS INDICATING ESSENTIALLY NO QPF FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA UNTIL FRIDAY. HOWEVER...THE 12Z GFS TRIES TO GENERATE SEVERAL PERIODS OF VERY LOW END QPF...WHICH UNDER THIS STRONG CAP AND UPPER RIDGE SEEM FOR THE MOST PART TO BE RATHER UNLIKELY ALTHOUGH NOT COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE. THEREFORE...WE WILL FOLLOW THE 12Z ECMWF WITH REGARD TO PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND KEEP THE FORECAST AREA DRY SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WHILE INTRODUCING LOW END POPS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE BIG STORY WILL BE THE PROLONGED HEAT. SUNDAY...THERE WILL BE A SOUTHWEST SINKING SFC COOL FRONT THAT MAY KNOCK HIGHS DOWN INTO THE LOWER 90S ACROSS NORTHEAST ZONES...BUT THIS IS REALLY NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF RELIEF. IN FACT SOUTHERN ZONES WILL SEE NO RELIEF AT ALL WITH HIGHS OF 100 TO 107 ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. MONDAY...THE COOL FRONT SHOULD BRIEFLY BE SOUTH OF OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY...WHICH APPEARS TO BE ONE OF THE COOLER DAYS IN THE WEEK AHEAD. HOWEVER...IT WILL STILL BE PRETTY WARM WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID 80S NEAR FULLERTON...TO THE MID 90S OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE ECMWF LIFTS THE COOL FRONT BACK TO THE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT AND KEEPS SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER OUR CWA THROUGH THURSDAY. THE GFS IS A BIT DIFFERENT TRYING TO PUSH A FEW BOUNDARIES AROUND THE AREA...BUT AGAIN THIS SEEMS A BIT MORE UNLIKELY. WILL BE GOING WITH THE HOTTER ECMWF...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A WARMING TREND TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH HIGHS ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY RANGING FROM THE MID 90S NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TO THE LOWER 100S OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. FRIDAY...THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME MODEL AGREEMENT IN BRINGING A SHORT WAVE THROUGH THE AREA ALONG WITH A SFC COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST SOME CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER WEATHER. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 748 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 231200- 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- 748 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST ALL OF THE OUTLOOK AREA OVERNIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH HAIL AS BIG AS QUARTERS BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 14 SATURDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. HEAT INDEX READINGS NEAR OR IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY...SUNDAY...WEDNESDAY...AND THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON AN ISOLATED BASIS 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 1041 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 NEZ060-230415- DAWSON NE- 1041 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM CDT... AT 1039 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF COZAD...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... EDDYVILLE... SUMNER... THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4105 10001 4105 9953 4092 9951 4092 9999 TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 264DEG 32KT 4099 9988
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1115 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 NEZ060-061-230445- BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE- 1115 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DAWSON AND NORTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 1111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EDDYVILLE...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHWESTERN BUFFALO AND NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4105 9973 4105 9937 4099 9934 4094 9969 TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 255DEG 23KT 4103 9959
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1116 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 NEZ060-230445- DAWSON NE- 1116 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 1111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLOW ISLAND...OR 24 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... WILLOW ISLAND... COZAD... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 216 AND 227. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4074 10022 4086 10022 4093 9995 4077 9988 TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 252DEG 25KT 4080 10016
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1142 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 PM HAIL COZAD 40.86N 99.99W
06/22/2012 E0.25 INCH DAWSON NE TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN COZAD.
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SALTZMANThe Grand Island radar (KUEX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:10 UTC.
6 high wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A non-thunderstorm wind gust of 58 mph occurred at the Lexington Airport. This happened as a result of a wake low that developed well behind a squall line.
In and around Arcadia, small outbuildings were destroyed or damaged, roof and window damage to homes, trees were down, and pivots were upset due to high wind. This happened as a result of a wake low that developed well behind a squall line.
A non-thunderstorm wind gust of 66 mph occurred at the Grand Island Central Nebraska Regional Airport. This happened as a result of a wake low that developed well behind a squall line.
A fireworks tent and a trailer were blown over by high wind in Holdrege. This was a non-thunderstorm wind gust that happened as a result of a wake low that developed well behind a squall line.
Multiple trampolines were blown about and tree branches were down in Elwood. This was a non-thunderstorm wind gust that happened as a result of a wake low that developed well behind a squall line.
A non-thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph occurred at the Holdrege Airport. This happened as a result of a wake low that developed behind a cold front.
Nickel size hail fell on the north side of Holdrege.
Nickel to quarter size hail lasted for about five minutes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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