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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Hastings, NE

June 25, 20214 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 6:13 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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: Jun 25, 2021, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Hall County, NE, Howard County, NE, Sherman County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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.

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 25, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 612 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

794 
WUUS53 KGID 252313
SVRGID
NEC019-079-093-163-252345-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0101.210625T2313Z-210625T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
613 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Buffalo County in south central Nebraska...
  Southeastern Sherman County in central Nebraska...
  Howard County in central Nebraska...
  Northern Hall County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 613 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Ashton to near Ravenna, moving east at 30 mph.

  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.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Boelus around 625 PM CDT.
  Farwell around 630 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Cairo, Elba, Dannebrog, St. Paul and Cushing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4098 9828 4096 9896 4129 9887 4133 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 270DEG 27KT 4121 9878 4104 9884 

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

Billings Wright

2 follow-up statements

859 
WWUS53 KGID 252331
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
631 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

NEC019-163-252340-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210625T2345Z/
Buffalo NE-Sherman NE-
631 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUFFALO AND
SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
south central and central Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4133 9829 4100 9828 4099 9828 4099 9872
      4105 9872 4105 9875 4130 9875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 270DEG 27KT 4121 9862 4104 9868 

$$

NEC079-093-252345-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210625T2345Z/
Howard NE-Hall NE-
631 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR HOWARD AND NORTHERN HALL COUNTIES...

At 630 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Farwell to near Boelus, moving east at 30 mph.

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...
  Elba, St. Paul, Dannebrog, Cushing and St. Libory.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4133 9829 4100 9828 4099 9828 4099 9872
      4105 9872 4105 9875 4130 9875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 270DEG 27KT 4121 9862 4104 9868 

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

Billings Wright

288 
WWUS53 KGID 252342
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
642 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

NEC079-093-252352-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-210625T2345Z/
Howard NE-Hall NE-
642 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HOWARD AND NORTHERN HALL
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
south central and central Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4133 9829 4100 9828 4099 9828 4099 9872
      4105 9872 4105 9875 4130 9875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 270DEG 27KT 4121 9850 4104 9856 

$$

Billings Wright

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk	46 min
Jun 25, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	34 min
Jun 25, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	45 min
Jun 25, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	45 min
Jun 25, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Sherman	14 min
Jun 25, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Sherman	37 min
Jun 25, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	46 min
Jun 25, 5:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Sherman	39 min
Jun 25, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Sherman	37 min
Jun 25, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	49 min
Jun 25, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Valley	41 min
Jun 25, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Kearney	45 min
Jun 25, 6:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	26 min
Jun 25, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	50 min
Jun 25, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard, Merrick	48 min
Jun 25, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Kearney, Phelps	29 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.