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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

April 26, 2016Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 3:32 AM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2016, 3:32 AM CDT (08:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 3:59 AM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Jewell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 26, 3:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

018 
WUUS53 KGID 260832
SVRGID
KSC089-260915-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0021.160426T0832Z-160426T0915Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
332 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 331 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  MONTROSE...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
  MPH. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR JEWELL COUNTY. 

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FORMOSO...WEBBER...MONTROSE AND LOVEWELL STATE PARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3967 9793 3970 9809 3977 9819 4000 9814
      4000 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0831Z 221DEG 13KT 3978 9804 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BILLINGS WRIGHT

2 follow-up statements

587 
WWUS53 KGID 260849 RRA
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
349 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSC089-260915-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160426T0915Z/
JEWELL KS-
349 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTY...

AT 349 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOVEWELL STATE
PARK...OR 28 MILES NORTH OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORMOSO...WEBBER...MONTROSE AND LOVEWELL STATE PARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3967 9793 3980 9812 4000 9812 4000 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0849Z 220DEG 17KT 3986 9795 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

BILLINGS WRIGHT

312 
WWUS53 KGID 260859
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
359 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

KSC089-260909-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160426T0915Z/
JEWELL KS-
359 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3967 9793 3980 9812 4000 9812 4000 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 221DEG 13KT 3989 9792 

$$

BILLINGS WRIGHT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	46 min
Apr 26, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	41 min
Apr 26, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	27 min
Apr 26, 3:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	33 min
Apr 26, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	23 min
Apr 26, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	29 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	47 min
Apr 26, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	45 min
Apr 26, 6:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Jewell	4 hr
Apr 26, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	44 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.