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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Hastings, NE

May 8, 2021Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 7:44 PM CDT for Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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, 7:46 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Chester, NE	PRELIMINARY REPORT OF WIND DAMAGE IN CHESTER, NE. GAS STATION WINDOW BLOWN OUT, POWER OUTAGES AND POSSIBLE WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE. 10 TO 12 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN. DIME TO NICKLE SIZED HAIL. BLOWING DUST ALONG GUST FRONT LOWERED VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1/
May 8, 7:49 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Chester, NE	THAYER COUNTY DEPUTY REPORTS GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN CHESTER, NE.

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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 1451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 535 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

232 
WUUS53 KGID 090044
SVRGID
NEC169-090130-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0046.210509T0044Z-210509T0130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Thayer County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 744 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chester, or
  16 miles north of Belleville, moving east at 40 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...
  Hebron, Deshler, Chester, Alexandria, Byron, Hubbell and Gilead. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9737 4000 9781 4020 9781 4027 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 276DEG 33KT 4006 9761 

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

Rossi

1 follow-up statement

785 
WWUS53 KGID 090121
SVSGID

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

NEC169-090131-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-210509T0130Z/
Thayer NE-
821 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THAYER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
south central Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4000 9737 4000 9781 4020 9781 4027 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 276DEG 33KT 4003 9720 

$$

Shawkey

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 7:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	5 hr
May 8, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	40 min
May 8, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	34 min
May 8, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	29 min
May 8, 8:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	30 min
May 8, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Webster	51 min
May 8, 8:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	49 min
May 8, 9:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	52 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.