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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Hastings, NE

May 8, 2021Franklin County, Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 5:39 PM CDT for Franklin County, Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 min. 3 reports 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 8, 2021, 5:39 PM CDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Franklin County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 6:05 PM CDTHAIL 0.75 N Inavale, NEFB REPORT.
May 8, 6:15 PM CDTHAIL 1Cowles, NENICKLE TO QUARTER FB REPORT.
May 8, 6:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.254 Wsw Cowles, NEFB REPORT OF QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR HAIL.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-08Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 304 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
304 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

687 
WUUS53 KGID 082239
SVRGID
NEC061-129-181-082330-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0036.210508T2239Z-210508T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
539 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Nuckolls County in south central Nebraska...
  East central Franklin County in south central Nebraska...
  Central Webster County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 630 PM CDT.

* At 539 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Inavale, or
  38 miles southwest of Hastings, moving northeast 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...
  Riverton, Cowles, Inavale and Rosemont. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4025 9820 4003 9871 4010 9881 4033 9856
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 231DEG 19KT 4008 9870 

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

Rossi
1 follow-up statement
483 
WWUS53 KGID 082308
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
608 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

NEC061-082318-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210508T2330Z/
Franklin NE-
608 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
south central Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4007 9862 4017 9871 4033 9856 4025 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 231DEG 19KT 4018 9854 

$$

NEC129-181-082330-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210508T2330Z/
Nuckolls NE-Webster NE-
608 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL NUCKOLLS AND CENTRAL WEBSTER COUNTIES...

At 608 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cowles, or 29
miles south of Hastings, moving northeast 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...
Cowles, Inavale and Rosemont. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4007 9862 4017 9871 4033 9856 4025 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 231DEG 19KT 4018 9854 

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

Rossi

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer24 min
May 8, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin26 min
May 8, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster27 min
May 8, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster47 min
May 8, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Webster12 min
May 8, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls, Webster44 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.