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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Hastings, NE

July 28, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2016, 5:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 11 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2016, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 28, 5:17 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 50	1 Nnw Osborne, KS	PEAK GUST FROM KSU MESONET SITE
Jul 28, 5:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 54	2 N Tipton, KS	PERSONAL MESONET STATION
Jul 28, 5:25 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	Cawker City, KS
Jul 28, 5:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 53	6 Wsw Beloit, KS	KSU MESONET SITE
Jul 28, 5:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 52	Beloit Airport, KS
Jul 28, 5:43 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 68	1 Se Beloit, KS	PERSONAL MESONET STATION. EXACT TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR AS IT OCCURRED BETWEEN 5-MINUTE OBS
Jul 28, 5:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Beloit, KS	6 INCH DIAMETER HEALTHY TREE BRANCH DOWN IN BELOIT. REPORT AND PHOTO VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Jul 28, 5:47 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 76	Smith Center Airport, KS	THIS IS A NEW PEAK GUST ASSOCIATED WITH THE BACK-SIDE OF THE STORM
Jul 28, 5:47 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 76	Smith Center Airport, KS	THIS IS A NEW PEAK GUST ASSOCIATED WITH THE BACK-SIDE OF THE STORM. UPDATE TO ORIGINAL REPORT INCLUDES LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING TREES DOWN IN TOWN.
Jul 28, 5:53 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 55	1 Nnw Osborne, KS	KSU MESONET SITE
Jul 28, 5:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 62	Smith Center Airport, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 28, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 234 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: 1923 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

389 
WUUS53 KGID 282214
SVRGID
KSC089-123-141-183-282300-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0252.160728T2214Z-160728T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
514 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 514 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR NAPONEE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF ATHOL TO 8 MILES
  SOUTH OF BELLAIRE TO NEAR ALTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
           ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELOIT...SMITH CENTER...OSBORNE...DOWNS...MANKATO...KENSINGTON...
  CAWKER CITY...GLEN ELDER...JEWELL...LEBANON...TIPTON...BURR OAK...
  GAYLORD...PORTIS...ALTON...ESBON...ASHERVILLE...FORMOSO...
  SIMPSON AND IONIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3938 9904 4000 9907 4000 9793 3929 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 268DEG 50KT 4004 9908 3991 9891 3968 9862 3947
9885

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

ROSSI

1 follow-up statement

020 
WWUS53 KGID 282238
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
538 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

KSC089-123-141-183-282300-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-160728T2300Z/
MITCHELL KS-OSBORNE KS-JEWELL KS-SMITH KS-
538 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR MITCHELL...NORTHEASTERN OSBORNE...JEWELL AND EASTERN SMITH
COUNTIES...

AT 538 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF BELLAIRE TO NEAR LEBANON TO NEAR GLEN
ELDER TO TIPTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELOIT...DOWNS...MANKATO...CAWKER CITY...GLEN ELDER...JEWELL...
LEBANON...TIPTON...BURR OAK...ESBON...ASHERVILLE...FORMOSO...
SIMPSON...IONIA...RANDALL...SCOTTSVILLE...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 3935 9870 3960 9858 4000 9874 4000 9793
      3929 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 281DEG 50KT 3990 9871 3977 9854 3954 9825 3933
9848

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

ROSSI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips	33 min
Jul 28, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Smith	45 min
Jul 28, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	14 min
Jul 28, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	24 min
Jul 28, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	24 min
Jul 28, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Smith	11 min
Jul 28, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	46 min
Jul 28, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.