Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 5:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 2 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
- May 2, 2021, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 6:03 PM CDT | HAIL 0.7 | 8 Sse Glade, KS | |
| May 2, 6:37 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 9 N Stockton, KS | HAIL VISIBLE ON HIGHWAY CAMERA AT BOW CREEK BRIDGE. ESTIMATED TO BE AROUND QUARTER SIZE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -668 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
613
WUUS53 KGID 022241
SVRGID
KSC141-147-163-183-022330-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0019.210502T2241Z-210502T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
541 PM CDT Sun May 2 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...
Northwestern Osborne County in north central Kansas...
Southeastern Phillips County in north central Kansas...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 541 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stockton, or
18 miles south of Phillipsburg, moving northeast at 15 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...
Stockton and Kirwin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3944 9926 3950 9943 3979 9918 3957 9887
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 222DEG 14KT 3949 9928
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Mangels3 follow-up statements
864
WWUS53 KGID 022249
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
549 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC141-147-163-183-022330-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210502T2330Z/
Rooks KS-Smith KS-Osborne KS-Phillips KS-
549 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ROOKS...SOUTHWESTERN SMITH...NORTHWESTERN OSBORNE
AND SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES...
At 549 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stockton, or 17
miles south of Phillipsburg, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Stockton and Kirwin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3944 9926 3950 9943 3979 9918 3957 9887
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 222DEG 14KT 3951 9926
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Mangels808
WWUS53 KGID 022306
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
606 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC141-022315-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210502T2330Z/
Osborne KS-
606 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OSBORNE 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 midnight CDT for
north central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3949 9938 3953 9939 3979 9918 3961 9893
3957 9901 3957 9904 3955 9905 3945 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 219DEG 11KT 3955 9925
$$
KSC147-163-183-022330-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210502T2330Z/
Rooks KS-Smith KS-Phillips KS-
606 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ROOKS...SOUTHWESTERN SMITH AND SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS
COUNTIES...
At 605 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Stockton, or 14 miles south of Phillipsburg, moving northeast at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kirwin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3949 9938 3953 9939 3979 9918 3961 9893
3957 9901 3957 9904 3955 9905 3945 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 219DEG 11KT 3955 9925
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Mangels926
WWUS53 KGID 022325
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
625 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC147-163-183-022330-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0019.000000T0000Z-210502T2330Z/
Rooks KS-Smith KS-Phillips KS-
625 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ROOKS...SOUTHWESTERN SMITH AND SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS
COUNTIES...
At 624 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stockton, or 15
miles south 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...
Kirwin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 3949 9938 3953 9939 3979 9918 3961 9893
3957 9901 3957 9904 3955 9905 3945 9924
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 207DEG 2KT 3953 9928
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
MangelsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 24 min |
| May 2, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.