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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Hastings, NE

August 21, 2019Sherman County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2019, 1:20 AM CDT for Sherman County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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
Aug 21, 2019, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2019, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Sherman County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:20 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2019-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3106 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2019-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
3106 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1409 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted.

883 
WUUS53 KGID 210620
SVRGID
NEC163-210700-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0310.190821T0620Z-190821T0700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
120 AM CDT Wed Aug 21 2019

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Sherman County in central Nebraska...

* Until 200 AM CDT.

* At 120 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Litchfield to near Rockville, moving north at
  10 mph.

  HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Litchfield and Hazard. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4122 9882 4106 9889 4112 9921 4132 9920
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 175DEG 8KT 4118 9918 4111 9891 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JCB
1 follow-up statement
544 
WWUS53 KGID 210641
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
141 AM CDT Wed Aug 21 2019

NEC163-210700-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-190821T0700Z/
Sherman NE-
141 AM CDT Wed Aug 21 2019

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN SHERMAN COUNTY...

At 141 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Litchfield to near Rockville, moving north at 10
mph.

HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Litchfield and Hazard. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4122 9882 4106 9889 4112 9921 4132 9920
TIME...MOT...LOC 0641Z 175DEG 8KT 4122 9919 4115 9891 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JCB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 12:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall49 min
Aug 21, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton39 min
Aug 21, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Howard51 min
Aug 21, 1:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson40 min
Aug 21, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Hamilton47 min
Aug 21, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York43 min
Aug 21, 1:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman7 hr
Aug 21, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman47 min
Aug 21, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Hall43 min
Aug 21, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Merrick, York50 min
Aug 21, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Howard, Merrick, Sherman46 min
Aug 21, 2:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York7 hr
Aug 21, 2:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDHall6 hr
Aug 21, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDYork48 min
Aug 21, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHamilton47 min
Aug 21, 2:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDSherman6 hr
Aug 21, 2:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, York32 min
Aug 21, 3:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDHoward5 hr
Aug 21, 4:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson, Gosper44 min
Aug 21, 5:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley52 min
Aug 21, 8:14 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman12 hr
Aug 21, 8:39 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDFillmore, Hamilton, York12 hr
Aug 21, 5:13 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDFillmore, Hamilton, York7 days

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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.