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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Hastings, NE

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

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 6:32 PM CDT for Adams County, Franklin County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 12 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 8, 2021, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2021, 6:44 PM CDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Adams County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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: 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.

813 
WUUS53 KGID 082332
SVRGID
NEC001-061-181-090015-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0040.210508T2332Z-210509T0015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Franklin County in south central Nebraska...
  Northwestern Webster County in south central Nebraska...
  South central Adams County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 631 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Campbell, or
  29 miles southwest of Hastings, moving northeast at 25 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...
  Blue Hill, Campbell and Bladen. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4035 9832 4021 9851 4013 9879 4035 9873
      4044 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 239DEG 23KT 4024 9871 

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

Rossi

1 follow-up statement

264 
WWUS53 KGID 082344
SVSGID

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

NEC001-061-181-082354-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/
Franklin NE-Webster NE-Adams NE-
644 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FRANKLIN...
NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER AND SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited 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 4035 9832 4021 9851 4013 9879 4035 9873
      4044 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 239DEG 23KT 4028 9862 

$$

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, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.