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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Hastings, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.7 | 5 N Inavale, NE | FB REPORT. |
| May 8, 6:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Cowles, NE | NICKLE TO QUARTER FB REPORT. |
| May 8, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 4 Wsw Cowles, NE | FB 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
Rossi1 follow-up statement
483
WWUS53 KGID 082308
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
608 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
NEC061-082318-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0036.000000T0000Z-210508T2330Z/
Franklin NE-
608 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
south central Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4007 9862 4017 9871 4033 9856 4025 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 231DEG 19KT 4018 9854
$$
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
$$
RossiThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 24 min |
| May 8, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 26 min |
| May 8, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Webster | 27 min |
| May 8, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 47 min |
| May 8, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Franklin, Webster | 12 min |
| May 8, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 44 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.