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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Hastings, NE

August 10, 20214 counties in Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2021, 1:06 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 3 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: Aug 10, 2021, 1:06 AM CDT (06:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2021, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:06 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
Aug 10, 1:27 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 53	9 N Stockton, KS
Aug 10, 1:29 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	4 Ssw Stockton, KS	MEASURED 52KT WIND GUST AT STOCKTON AIRPORT.
Aug 10, 1:35 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 58	Stockton, KS	MESONET STATION WL-STOCKTON0.52SSW.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 2462 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2392 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

478 
WUUS53 KGID 100606
SVRGID
KSC141-147-163-183-100645-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0150.210810T0606Z-210810T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
106 AM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Rooks County in north central Kansas...
  Southwestern Smith County in north central Kansas...
  Western Osborne County in north central Kansas...
  Southeastern Phillips County in north central Kansas...

* Until 145 AM CDT.

* At 106 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Webster State
  Park, or 19 miles south of Phillipsburg, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Stockton around 120 AM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Woodston and Alton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Hastings.

&&

LAT...LON 3932 9944 3965 9937 3960 9889 3917 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0606Z 285DEG 32KT 3948 9944 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement

630 
WWUS53 KGID 100627
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
127 AM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

KSC141-147-163-183-100645-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-210810T0645Z/
Rooks KS-Smith KS-Osborne KS-Phillips KS-
127 AM CDT Tue Aug 10 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ROOKS...SOUTHWESTERN SMITH...NORTHWESTERN OSBORNE
AND SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES...

At 126 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stockton, or 17
miles south of Phillipsburg, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Woodston around 140 AM CDT.
  Alton around 150 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Hastings.

&&

LAT...LON 3932 9944 3965 9937 3960 9889 3922 9898
TIME...MOT...LOC 0626Z 277DEG 34KT 3950 9926 

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Thies

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	25 min
Aug 10, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	51 min
Aug 10, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	47 min
Aug 10, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	29 min
Aug 10, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	46 min
Aug 10, 3:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	42 min
Aug 10, 3:55 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks	29 hr

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.