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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Hastings, NE

June 25, 2021Franklin County, Kearney County, Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2021, 6:46 PM CDT for Franklin County, Kearney County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Phelps County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.

432 
WUUS53 KGID 252346
SVRGID
NEC061-099-137-260015-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0102.210625T2346Z-210626T0015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Franklin County in south central Nebraska...
  Southeastern Phelps County in south central Nebraska...
  Southern Kearney County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 646 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Axtell, or 11
  miles east of Holdrege, moving east at 25 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Axtell around 650 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Minden, Hildreth and Upland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4042 9929 4058 9920 4055 9877 4027 9888
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 290DEG 21KT 4048 9916 

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

Billings Wright

2 follow-up statements

508 
WWUS53 KGID 252352
SVSGID

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

NEC137-260002-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-210626T0015Z/
Phelps NE-
652 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PHELPS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has 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 Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4055 9877 4027 9888 4038 9918 4058 9918
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 290DEG 21KT 4047 9911 

$$

NEC061-099-260015-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-210626T0015Z/
Franklin NE-Kearney NE-
652 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN KEARNEY COUNTIES...

At 652 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Axtell, or 13
miles east of Holdrege, moving east at 25 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...
  Minden, Hildreth and Upland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4055 9877 4027 9888 4038 9918 4058 9918
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 290DEG 21KT 4047 9911 

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

Billings Wright

713 
WWUS53 KGID 260004
SVSGID

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

NEC061-099-260015-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-210626T0015Z/
Franklin NE-Kearney NE-
704 PM CDT Fri Jun 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN KEARNEY COUNTIES...

At 704 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hildreth, or 18
miles east of Holdrege, moving southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Minden, Hildreth and Upland. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4055 9877 4027 9888 4036 9913 4057 9910
TIME...MOT...LOC 0004Z 294DEG 22KT 4042 9902 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman	32 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

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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.