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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Hastings, NE

June 21, 2020Osborne County, Rooks County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2020, 3:11 PM CDT for Osborne County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2020, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2020, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Osborne County, KS, Rooks County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 21, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 2453 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.7

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 21, 12:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 12:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 21, 8:32 AM CDT, 6 hours 39 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
832 AM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
221200-
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-
832 AM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and
portions of north central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Thunderstorms are expected today. The best chance for severe
weather will be between 3 pm and 10 pm. The main threats are very
large hail to the size of baseballs and damaging wind gusts around 70
mph. Isolated tornadoes and localized flooding are also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

Off and on thunderstorms are in the forecast for the remainder of
the outlook period. Additional strong thunderstorms are possible
this work week, so be sure to stay up to date on the latest
forecast.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed tonight, especially between 3 pm
and 10 pm.

&&

More information may be obtained at the following web page:
   https://www.weather.gov/hastings

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 10:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 21, 10:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1039 AM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

KSZ007-019-211615-
Jewell KS-Mitchell KS-
1039 AM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MITCHELL AND
SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT...

At 1038 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles northeast of Cawker City to near Glen
Elder. Movement was east at 35 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Beloit, Glen Elder and Randall.

LAT...LON 3966 9801 3942 9796 3935 9836 3957 9838
TIME...MOT...LOC 1538Z 248DEG 28KT 3955 9830 3945 9829

JCB

Local storm report, Jun 21, 12:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1232 PM CDT SUN JUN 21 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1235 AM     HAIL             GENOA                   41.45N 97.73W
06/21/2020  E1.00 INCH       NANCE              NE   PUBLIC

            DELAYED REPORT FROM EARLY MORNING.

&&

JCB

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 1:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
128 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

KSZ019-211900-
Mitchell KS-
128 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY
UNTIL 200 PM CDT...

At 128 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Asherville, or 7 miles south of Beloit, moving east at 30 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Asherville and Simpson.

LAT...LON 3941 9822 3948 9793 3929 9793 3929 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 255DEG 24KT 3936 9808

JCB

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 2:16 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
216 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

KSZ018-211945-
Osborne KS-
216 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OSBORNE COUNTY UNTIL
245 PM CDT...

At 216 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Natoma, or 17 miles northeast of Emmeram, moving east at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Natoma.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
north central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3921 9905 3932 9880 3913 9872 3913 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 248DEG 14KT 3916 9892

JCB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 7:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Valley	44 min
Jun 20, 7:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	29 min
Jun 20, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	28 min
Jun 20, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	51 min
Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hall	44 min
Jun 20, 8:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nance	53 min
Jun 20, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton	42 min
Jun 20, 8:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	51 min
Jun 21, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nance	51 min
Jun 21, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance, Polk	40 min
Jun 21, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance, Polk	44 min
Jun 21, 7:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	29 min
Jun 21, 7:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	27 min
Jun 21, 8:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk	25 min
Jun 21, 9:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk	28 min
Jun 21, 10:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	32 min
Jun 21, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard, Sherman	52 min
Jun 21, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Howard, Sherman	50 min
Jun 21, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	46 min
Jun 21, 6:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Gosper, Phelps	42 min
Jun 21, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	42 min
Jun 21, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman	38 min
Jun 21, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	49 min
Jun 20, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	52 min
Jun 20, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	30 min
Jun 20, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	44 min
Jun 21, 2:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	39 min
Jun 21, 7:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	24 min
Jun 21, 8:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	32 min
Jun 21, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	31 min
Jun 21, 9:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Smith	51 min
Jun 21, 9:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	24 min
Jun 21, 10:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	29 min
Jun 21, 10:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	41 min
Jun 21, 10:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	36 min
Jun 21, 11:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	39 min
Jun 21, 11:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell	48 min
Jun 21, 1:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	32 min
Jun 21, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	29 min
Jun 21, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	47 min
Jun 21, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne	41 min
Jun 21, 3:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Osborne	3 hr
Jun 21, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	48 min
Jun 21, 4:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Rooks	3 hr
Jun 21, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips	40 min
Jun 21, 4:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Rooks	5 hr
Jun 21, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	38 min
Jun 21, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	45 min
Jun 21, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Smith	16 min
Jun 21, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.