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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Hastings, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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
$$
Mangels2 follow-up statements
824
WWUS53 KGID 022355
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
655 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC147-030005-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T0015Z/
Phillips KS-
655 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
north central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3939 9928 3951 9944 3957 9939 3957 9905
3953 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 223DEG 1KT 3950 9929
$$
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
$$
Mangels147
WWUS53 KGID 030013
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
713 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
KSC163-030023-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210503T0015Z/
Rooks KS-
713 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROOKS COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 715 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
north central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3939 9928 3951 9944 3957 9939 3957 9905
3953 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 223DEG 1KT 3950 9929
$$
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, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 49 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.