Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2021, 3:53 PM CDT for Jewell County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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 5, 2021, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2021, 4:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Jewell County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1080 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
315
WUUS53 KGID 052053
SVRGID
KSC089-183-052130-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0035.210505T2053Z-210505T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
353 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Jewell County in north central Kansas...
Northeastern Smith County in north central Kansas...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 353 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Lebanon, or 38 miles northwest of Beloit, moving southeast at 15
mph.
HAZARD...Golf 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...
Esbon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Hastings.
&&
LAT...LON 3992 9861 3998 9857 3996 9828 3979 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 302DEG 15KT 3993 9852
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ADP2 follow-up statements
966
WWUS53 KGID 052107
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
407 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
KSC183-052117-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210505T2130Z/
Smith KS-
407 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3985 9851 3998 9850 3996 9828 3979 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 297DEG 15KT 3991 9844
$$
KSC089-052130-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210505T2130Z/
Jewell KS-
407 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN JEWELL COUNTY...
At 407 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Esbon, or 35
miles northwest of Beloit, moving southeast at 15 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...
Esbon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Hastings.
&&
LAT...LON 3985 9851 3998 9850 3996 9828 3979 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 297DEG 15KT 3991 9844
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Billings Wright436
WWUS53 KGID 052116
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
416 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
KSC089-052126-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210505T2130Z/
Jewell KS-
416 PM CDT Wed May 5 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JEWELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3985 9851 3998 9850 3996 9828 3979 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 302DEG 15KT 3989 9840
$$
Billings WrightThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 26 min |
| May 5, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 37 min |
| May 5, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 24 min |
| May 5, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.