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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

May 2, 20214 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 7:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 40 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
May 2, 2021, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Phelps County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

354 
WUUS53 KGID 030035
SVRGID
NEC065-073-083-137-030115-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0021.210503T0035Z-210503T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
735 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Phelps County in south central Nebraska...
  Southern Gosper County in south central Nebraska...
  Furnas County in south central Nebraska...
  Western Harlan County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 735 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 10 miles northeast of Medicine Creek Reservoir State
  Recreation Area to near Lebanon to Dresden, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cambridge, Arapahoe, Oxford, Bertrand, Beaver City, Loomis,
  Holbrook, Stamford, Edison, Atlanta, Wilsonville, Hendley and
  Hollinger.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10020 4035 10010 4044 10009 4044 9998
      4051 9998 4060 9943 4018 9947 4000 9955
      4000 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 261DEG 36KT 4049 10009 4009 10025 3962 10044 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mangels
1 follow-up statement
535 
WWUS53 KGID 030058
SVSGID

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

NEC065-073-083-137-030115-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210503T0115Z/
Phelps NE-Gosper NE-Furnas NE-Harlan NE-
758 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHELPS...SOUTHERN GOSPER...FURNAS AND WESTERN HARLAN
COUNTIES...

At 758 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Bertrand to Holbrook to near Norcatur, moving
east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Cambridge, Arapahoe, Oxford, Bertrand, Beaver City, Loomis, Holbrook,
Stamford, Edison, Atlanta, Wilsonville, Hendley and Hollinger.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10020 4035 10010 4044 10009 4044 9998
      4051 9998 4060 9943 4018 9947 4000 9955
      4000 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 265DEG 25KT 4049 9965 4031 10004 3986 10029 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Mangels

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Kearney, Phelps25 min
May 2, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Gosper, Kearney, Phelps31 min
May 2, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk25 min
May 2, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Kearney35 min
May 2, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk32 min
May 2, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHamilton25 min
May 2, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, York33 min
May 2, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Kearney35 min
May 2, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York33 min
May 2, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Hamilton, Kearney, Phelps, Polk, York44 min
May 2, 8:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDAdams, Kearney100 min
May 2, 8:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDGosper, Kearney, Phelps5 hr
May 2, 8:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDPolk, York12 hr
May 2, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York32 min
May 2, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Furnas, Harlan51 min
May 2, 9:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDAdams, Kearney, Phelps6 hr
May 2, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin49 min
May 2, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan, Webster45 min
May 2, 10:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDHamilton6 hr
May 2, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Nuckolls, Webster45 min
May 2, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer61 min
May 3, 3:12 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDAdams, Kearney, Phelps7 hr
May 3, 3:47 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDHamilton6 hr
May 3, 4:29 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryGIDDawson, Greeley, Sherman, Valley29 hr

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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.