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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 26, 2021, 8:53 PM CDT for Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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
- Oct 26, 2021, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 9:19 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 3 Wsw Speed, KS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 385 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1052 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
485
WUUS53 KGID 270153
SVRGID
KSC147-163-270245-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0196.211027T0153Z-211027T0245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
853 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Rooks County in north central Kansas...
Southwestern Phillips County in north central Kansas...
* Until 945 PM CDT.
* At 853 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles southeast of Edmond to near Bogue to 10
miles southwest of Palco, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Damar around 900 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Logan, Webster State Park, Zurich, Plainville, Stockton, Speed and
Glade.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for north central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for north central
Kansas.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 9960 3957 9963 3972 9963 3972 9921
3913 9921 3913 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 239DEG 28KT 3953 9975 3935 9965 3914 9968
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
Rossi3 follow-up statements
879
WWUS53 KGID 270224
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
924 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
KSC147-163-270245-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-211027T0245Z/
Rooks KS-Phillips KS-
924 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR ROOKS AND SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES...
At 924 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Speed to 6 miles northeast of Webster State Park
to near Zurich, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
These severe storms will be near...
Stockton and Speed around 930 PM CDT.
Glade around 940 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for north central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 9960 3957 9963 3972 9963 3972 9921
3913 9921 3913 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 239DEG 28KT 3965 9948 3947 9939 3926 9942
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Rossi514
WWUS53 KGID 270238
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
938 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
KSC147-163-270245-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-211027T0245Z/
Rooks KS-Phillips KS-
938 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ROOKS AND SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES...
At 938 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Speed to near Stockton, moving northeast at 35
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
These severe storms will be near...
Speed around 945 PM CDT.
Glade around 950 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for north central
Kansas.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3957 9960 3957 9963 3972 9963 3972 9921
3939 9921 3939 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 214DEG 31KT 3963 9943 3945 9934
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Rossi545
WWUS53 KGID 270243
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
943 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
KSC147-163-270253-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-211027T0245Z/
Rooks KS-Phillips KS-
943 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ROOKS AND
SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have mostly moved out of the
area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However
gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for north central
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3957 9960 3957 9963 3972 9963 3972 9921
3939 9921 3939 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 239DEG 28KT 3964 9940 3946 9931
$$
RossiThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 42 min |
| Oct 26, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 45 min |
| Oct 26, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 53 min |
| Oct 26, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 35 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.