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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Hastings, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:37 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 Nw Natoma, KS | |
| May 8, 6:54 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 6 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
Rossi2 follow-up statements
662
WWUS53 KGID 082356
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
656 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC163-090006-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/
Rooks KS-
656 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROOKS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
north central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3942 9904 3955 9883 3935 9860 3922 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 265DEG 29KT 3931 9887
$$
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
$$
Rossi565
WWUS53 KGID 090002
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
702 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC141-090012-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-210509T0015Z/
Osborne KS-
702 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
north central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3942 9904 3955 9883 3935 9860 3922 9904
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 239DEG 18KT 3933 9884
$$
RossiThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 39 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.