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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Hastings, NE

May 2, 2021Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 8:13 PM CDT for Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 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), 124 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 2, 9:01 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 68	1 W Logan, KS	MESONET STATION EW3001.

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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 12.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

669 
WUUS53 KGID 030113
SVRGID
KSC147-163-030200-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0027.210503T0113Z-210503T0200Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Rooks County in north central Kansas...
  Phillips County in north central Kansas...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 813 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles south of Beaver City to 6 miles north of
  Edmond to 6 miles southwest of Morland, moving east at 60 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...
  Phillipsburg, Plainville, Stockton, Logan, Palco, Agra, Kirwin,
  Woodston, Long Island, Prairie View, Damar, Zurich, Glade,
  Nicodemus, Speed, Woodruff, Webster State Park and Codell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9961 4000 9962 4000 9907 3913 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 279DEG 52KT 4005 9984 3971 9983 3929 10018 

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

Mangels

1 follow-up statement

923 
WWUS53 KGID 030141
SVSGID

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

KSC147-163-030200-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-210503T0200Z/
Rooks KS-Phillips KS-
841 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR ROOKS AND PHILLIPS COUNTIES...

At 841 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles south of Hollinger to 6 miles northeast of
Edmond to near Morland, moving east at 20 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...
Phillipsburg, Plainville, Stockton, Logan, Palco, Agra, Kirwin,
Woodston, Long Island, Prairie View, Damar, Zurich, Glade, Nicodemus,
Speed, Woodruff, Webster State Park and Codell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9961 4000 9962 4000 9907 3913 9905
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 280DEG 16KT 4006 9975 3969 9973 3928 10003 

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

Mangels

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Rooks	4 hr
May 2, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	51 min
May 2, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	45 min
May 2, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	45 min
May 2, 11:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	4 hr
May 2, 11:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	61 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.