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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Hastings, NE

May 8, 2021Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 7:56 PM CDT for Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 34 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), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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.

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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.

648 
WUUS53 KGID 090056
SVRGID
NEC169-090130-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0047.210509T0056Z-210509T0130Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

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

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 756 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Deshler, or
  18 miles north of Belleville, moving east at 35 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, Chester, Hubbell and Gilead. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9766 4018 9767 4021 9737 4000 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 268DEG 29KT 4008 9769 

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

Rossi

2 follow-up statements

156 
WWUS53 KGID 090111
SVSGID

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

NEC169-090130-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-210509T0130Z/
Thayer NE-
811 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN THAYER COUNTY...

At 810 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Gilead, or 22
miles northeast of Belleville, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Hebron, Chester, Hubbell and Gilead. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9766 4018 9767 4021 9737 4000 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 267DEG 38KT 4009 9740 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Mangels

178 
WWUS53 KGID 090120
SVSGID

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

NEC169-090130-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-210509T0130Z/
Thayer NE-
820 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN 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 9766 4018 9767 4021 9737 4000 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 268DEG 29KT 4009 9731 

$$

Mangels

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, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.