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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Hastings, NE
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
ADP1 follow-up statement
249
WWUS53 KGID 122349
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
649 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
KSC141-163-130000-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0162.000000T0000Z-210813T0000Z/
Rooks KS-Osborne KS-
649 PM CDT Thu Aug 12 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL ROOKS AND WEST CENTRAL OSBORNE COUNTIES...
At 649 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Woodston, or 28
miles southeast of Phillipsburg, and is nearly stationary.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Woodston.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Hastings.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3931 9901 3927 9914 3945 9925 3950 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 156DEG 3KT 3938 9910
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
ADPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 23 min |
| Aug 12, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 23 min |
| Aug 12, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 33 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.