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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Hastings, NE

March 26, 2021Furnas County, Gosper County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT for Furnas County, Gosper County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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
Mar 26, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 26, 8:29 PM CDTHAIL 1Edison, NE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2021-03-27Temperature 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°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 2021-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

576 
WUUS53 KGID 270100
SVRGID
NEC065-073-270130-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0003.210327T0100Z-210327T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
800 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Gosper County in south central Nebraska...
  Northeastern Furnas County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 800 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Arapahoe, or
  29 miles north of Norton, moving east at 15 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...
  Arapahoe, Oxford, Beaver City, Edison and Hollinger. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4035 9997 4040 9964 4035 9964 4035 9963
      4014 9963 4015 9996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 265DEG 14KT 4026 9992 

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

Billings Wright
2 follow-up statements
792 
WWUS53 KGID 270121
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
821 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021

NEC073-270131-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210327T0130Z/
Gosper NE-
821 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOSPER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area.  Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4035 9963 4014 9963 4015 9989 4035 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 265DEG 14KT 4027 9981 

$$

NEC065-270130-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210327T0130Z/
Furnas NE-
821 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN FURNAS COUNTY...

At 821 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Edison, or 25
miles southwest of Holdrege, moving east at 15 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...
Arapahoe, Oxford, Edison and Hollinger. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4035 9963 4014 9963 4015 9989 4035 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 265DEG 14KT 4027 9981 

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

Billings Wright
473 
WWUS53 KGID 270125
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
825 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021

NEC065-270134-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210327T0130Z/
Furnas NE-
825 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FURNAS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. 
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail 
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4035 9963 4014 9963 4015 9989 4035 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 273DEG 16KT 4024 9975 

$$

Billings Wright

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 7:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward35 min
Mar 26, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman24 min
Mar 26, 7:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper37 min
Mar 26, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas36 min
Mar 26, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster28 min
Mar 26, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward28 min
Mar 26, 8:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan29 min
Mar 26, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps48 min
Mar 26, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward31 min
Mar 26, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Merrick, Nance24 min
Mar 26, 9:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDClay42 min
Mar 26, 9:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNance48 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.