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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Hastings, NE

May 8, 2021Jewell County, Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 7:32 PM CDT for Jewell County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Jewell County, KS, Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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, 7:33 PM CDT	HAIL 2	Smith Center, KS	DELAYED REPORT WITH PICTURE OF LARGE HAILSTONE.
May 8, 7:35 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Smith Center, KS	FB REPORT.
May 8, 7:38 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Smith Center, KS	OFFICIAL NWS OBSERVER REPORTS PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN SMITH CENTER, 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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: 594 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

397 
WUUS53 KGID 090032
SVRGID
KSC089-183-090115-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0045.210509T0032Z-210509T0115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Jewell County in north central Kansas...
  Eastern Smith County in north central Kansas...

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 732 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Smith Center,
  or 31 miles east of Phillipsburg, moving northeast at 30 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...
  Smith Center, Lebanon, Burr Oak, Esbon and Bellaire. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3980 9881 4000 9849 4000 9833 3982 9820
      3964 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 237DEG 24KT 3976 9874 

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

Rossi

2 follow-up statements

233 
WWUS53 KGID 090041
SVSGID

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

KSC089-183-090115-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210509T0115Z/
Jewell KS-Smith KS-
741 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN JEWELL AND EASTERN SMITH COUNTIES...

At 741 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bellaire, or 34
miles east of Phillipsburg, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Smith Center, Lebanon, Burr Oak, Esbon and Bellaire. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3980 9881 4000 9849 4000 9833 3982 9820
      3964 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 237DEG 24KT 3975 9867 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Rossi

684 
WWUS53 KGID 090105
SVSGID

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

KSC089-183-090115-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-210509T0115Z/
Jewell KS-Smith KS-
805 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN JEWELL AND
EASTERN SMITH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 3980 9881 4000 9849 4000 9833 3982 9820
      3964 9880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 237DEG 24KT 3984 9850 

$$

Rossi

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	51 min
May 8, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	32 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.