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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Hastings, NE

May 2, 2021Franklin County, Harlan County, Webster County, Nebraska; 4 counties in Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT for Franklin County, Harlan County, Webster County, Nebraska; 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 45 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, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2021, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Franklin County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 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, 10:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 59	Smith Center Airport, KS

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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.

388 
WUUS53 KGID 030245
SVRGID
KSC141-147-163-183-NEC061-083-181-030330-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0030.210503T0245Z-210503T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
945 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...
  Smith County in north central Kansas...
  Osborne County in north central Kansas...
  Eastern Phillips County in north central Kansas...
  Franklin County in south central Nebraska...
  Webster County in south central Nebraska...
  Southeastern Harlan County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 1030 PM CDT.

* At 945 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Hildreth to Kensington to 9 miles north of
  Yocemento, moving east at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Phillipsburg, Plainville, Smith Center, Osborne, Stockton, Red
  Cloud, Franklin, Blue Hill, Downs, Kensington, Hildreth, Campbell,
  Natoma, Agra, Bladen, Lebanon, Kirwin, Republican City, Upland and
  Woodston.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9956 3999 9932 4035 9917 4035 9833
      4000 9850 3957 9850 3957 9849 3913 9870
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 271DEG 31KT 4026 9901 3978 9907 3905 9940 

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

Mangels

1 follow-up statement

823 
WWUS53 KGID 030302
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1002 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

NEC083-030312-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210503T0330Z/
Harlan NE-
1002 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARLAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have 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...and south central Nebraska.

LAT...LON 3913 9956 3966 9928 4000 9917 4035 9917
      4035 9833 4000 9850 3957 9850 3957 9849
      3913 9870
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 261DEG 32KT 4031 9884 3981 9889 3910 9920 

$$

KSC141-147-163-183-NEC061-181-030330-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210503T0330Z/
Rooks KS-Smith KS-Osborne KS-Phillips KS-Franklin NE-Webster NE-
1002 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR ROOKS...SMITH...OSBORNE...EASTERN PHILLIPS...FRANKLIN AND WEBSTER
COUNTIES...

At 1002 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Upland to near Athol to 6 miles south of Codell,
moving east at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Plainville, Smith Center, Osborne, Stockton, Red Cloud, Franklin,
Blue Hill, Downs, Kensington, Hildreth, Campbell, Natoma, Agra,
Bladen, Lebanon, Kirwin, Upland, Woodston, Gaylord and Naponee.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9956 3966 9928 4000 9917 4035 9917
      4035 9833 4000 9850 3957 9850 3957 9849
      3913 9870
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 261DEG 32KT 4031 9884 3981 9889 3910 9920 

HAIL...0.75IN
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, 7:05 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, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Kearney	35 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, 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
May 2, 7:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Rooks	4 hr
May 2, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	47 min
May 2, 11:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	4 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.