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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Hastings, NE

May 8, 2021Osborne County, Rooks County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 6:33 PM CDT for Osborne County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2021, 7:02 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Osborne County, KS, Rooks County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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, 6:37 PM CDTHAIL 16 Nw Natoma, KS
May 8, 6:54 PM CDTHAIL 1.56 Nw Natoma, KS

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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2021-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-649 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

368 
WUUS53 KGID 082333
SVRGID
KSC141-163-090015-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0041.210508T2333Z-210509T0015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Rooks County in north central Kansas...
  Northern Osborne County in north central Kansas...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 633 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Codell, or 21
  miles north of Emmeram, 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...
  Osborne and Alton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3931 9925 3957 9888 3957 9886 3935 9860
      3918 9916
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 239DEG 18KT 3927 9913 

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

Rossi
2 follow-up statements
662 
WWUS53 KGID 082356
SVSGID

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

KSC163-090006-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/
Rooks KS-
656 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROOKS 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
north central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3942 9904 3955 9883 3935 9860 3922 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 265DEG 29KT 3931 9887 

$$

KSC141-090015-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/
Osborne KS-
656 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY...

At 656 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles south of
Alton, or 28 miles northeast of Emmeram, moving east at 35 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...
Osborne and Alton. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3942 9904 3955 9883 3935 9860 3922 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 265DEG 29KT 3931 9887 

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

Rossi
565 
WWUS53 KGID 090002
SVSGID

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

KSC141-090012-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/
Osborne KS-
702 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
north central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3942 9904 3955 9883 3935 9860 3922 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 239DEG 18KT 3933 9884 

$$

Rossi

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.