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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Hastings, NE

August 12, 2021Osborne County, Rooks County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2021, 6:33 PM CDT for Osborne County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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 12, 2021, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 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 23:36 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1295 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

252 
WUUS53 KGID 122333
SVRGID
KSC141-163-130000-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0162.210812T2333Z-210813T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
633 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Rooks County in north central Kansas...
  West central Osborne County in north central Kansas...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 633 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Woodston, or
  27 miles southeast of Phillipsburg, moving north at 5 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...
  Woodston.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3931 9901 3927 9914 3945 9925 3950 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 160DEG 6KT 3939 9910 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ADP
1 follow-up statement
249 
WWUS53 KGID 122349
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
649 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

KSC141-163-130000-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-210813T0000Z/
Rooks KS-Osborne KS-
649 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL ROOKS AND WEST CENTRAL OSBORNE COUNTIES...

At 649 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Woodston, or 28
miles southeast of Phillipsburg, and is nearly stationary.

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...
Woodston.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3931 9901 3927 9914 3945 9925 3950 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 156DEG 3KT 3938 9910 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

ADP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne23 min
Aug 12, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne24 min
Aug 12, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne30 min
Aug 12, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks23 min
Aug 12, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne32 min
Aug 12, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne33 min
Aug 12, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne31 min
Aug 12, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne33 min
Aug 12, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell31 min
Aug 12, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell29 min
Aug 12, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne33 min
Aug 12, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks33 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.