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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Hastings, NE

May 2, 2021Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 6:29 PM CDT for Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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
May 2, 2021, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 2, 6:37 PM CDTHAIL 19 N Stockton, KSHAIL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2021-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 199 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

975 
WUUS53 KGID 022329
SVRGID
KSC147-163-030015-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0020.210502T2329Z-210503T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
629 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...
  Southeastern Phillips County in north central Kansas...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 629 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stockton, or
  17 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...
  Stockton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3939 9928 3951 9944 3967 9930 3958 9907
      3957 9907 3957 9905 3953 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 223DEG 1KT 3950 9930 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mangels
2 follow-up statements
824 
WWUS53 KGID 022355
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
655 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

KSC147-030005-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T0015Z/
Phillips KS-
655 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS 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 3939 9928 3951 9944 3957 9939 3957 9905
      3953 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 223DEG 1KT 3950 9929 

$$

KSC163-030015-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T0015Z/
Rooks KS-
655 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN ROOKS COUNTY...

At 655 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stockton, or 17
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...
Stockton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3939 9928 3951 9944 3957 9939 3957 9905
      3953 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 223DEG 1KT 3950 9929 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mangels
147 
WWUS53 KGID 030013
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
713 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

KSC163-030023-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T0015Z/
Rooks KS-
713 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROOKS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
north central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3939 9928 3951 9944 3957 9939 3957 9905
      3953 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 223DEG 1KT 3950 9929 

$$

Mangels

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks24 min
May 2, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith49 min

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.