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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Hastings, NE

May 8, 2021Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 6:28 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Nuckolls County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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, 6:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Lawrence, NE
May 8, 6:41 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Lawrence, NE	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).

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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 2218 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 383 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

269 
WUUS53 KGID 082328
SVRGID
NEC129-181-090015-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0039.210508T2328Z-210509T0015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Nuckolls County in south central Nebraska...
  Northeastern Webster County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 628 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Cowles, or 28
  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...
  Lawrence, Cowles and Rosemont. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4009 9850 4023 9852 4035 9835 4035 9815
      4022 9807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 242DEG 16KT 4019 9847 

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

Rossi

1 follow-up statement

527 
WWUS53 KGID 082349
SVSGID

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

NEC129-181-090015-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/
Nuckolls NE-Webster NE-
649 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN NUCKOLLS AND NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES...

At 649 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rosemont, or 24
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...
Lawrence.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4014 9832 4035 9831 4035 9815 4022 9807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 242DEG 16KT 4023 9836 

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

Rossi

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Nuckolls, Webster	51 min
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, 6:32 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.