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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Hastings, NE

May 2, 2021Adams County, Kearney County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 8:10 PM CDT for Adams County, Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 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, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, NE, Kearney County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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.

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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

410 
WUUS53 KGID 030110
SVRGID
NEC001-099-030145-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0025.210503T0110Z-210503T0145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Adams County in south central Nebraska...
  Central Kearney County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 809 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Juniata to near Axtell, moving west at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size 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...
  Hastings, Minden, Kenesaw, Juniata, Roseland, Holstein, Heartwell
  and Norman.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Intense thunderstorms along a boundary can produce brief tornadoes. 
Although a tornado is not immediately likely, it is best to move to 
an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. These storms may 
cause serious injury and significant property damage.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4050 9829 4039 9908 4056 9911 4068 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 107DEG 6KT 4060 9850 4046 9907 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ADP

2 follow-up statements

674 
WWUS53 KGID 030124
SVSGID

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

NEC001-099-030145-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210503T0145Z/
Adams NE-Kearney NE-
824 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL ADAMS AND CENTRAL KEARNEY COUNTIES...

At 824 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Juniata to near Axtell, moving south at 5 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...
Hastings, Minden, Kenesaw, Juniata, Roseland, Holstein, Heartwell and
Norman.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Intense thunderstorm along a boundary can produce brief tornadoes. 
Although a tornado is not immediately likely, it is best to move to 
an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. These storms may 
cause serious injury and significant property damage.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4050 9829 4039 9908 4056 9911 4068 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 009DEG 5KT 4059 9849 4045 9906 

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

ADP

874 
WWUS53 KGID 030144
SVSGID

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

NEC001-099-030154-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210503T0145Z/
Adams NE-Kearney NE-
844 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL ADAMS AND CENTRAL
KEARNEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with these
thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for
south central Nebraska.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Hastings.

LAT...LON 4050 9829 4039 9908 4056 9911 4068 9834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 107DEG 6KT 4060 9853 4046 9910 

$$

ADP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Kearney, Phelps	25 min
May 2, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Gosper, Kearney, Phelps	31 min
May 2, 7:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk	25 min
May 2, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps	40 min
May 2, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Kearney	35 min
May 2, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk	32 min
May 2, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	25 min
May 2, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, York	33 min
May 2, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk, York	33 min
May 2, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Hamilton, Kearney, Phelps, Polk, York	44 min
May 2, 8:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Adams, Kearney	100 min
May 2, 8:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Gosper, Kearney, Phelps	5 hr
May 2, 8:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Polk, York	12 hr
May 2, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk, York	32 min
May 2, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Furnas, Harlan	51 min
May 2, 9:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Adams, Kearney, Phelps	6 hr
May 2, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin	49 min
May 2, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan, Webster	45 min
May 2, 10:12 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Hamilton	6 hr
May 2, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Nuckolls, Webster	45 min
May 2, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	61 min
May 3, 3:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Adams, Kearney, Phelps	7 hr
May 3, 3:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Hamilton	6 hr
May 3, 4:29 AM CDT	Frost Advisory	GID	Dawson, Greeley, Sherman, Valley	29 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.