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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Hastings, NE

May 8, 20214 counties in Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2021, 7:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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, 7:57 PM CDT (00:57 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2021, 8:29 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 79 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 8:07 PM CDTHAIL 19 S Lebanon, KSDIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 377 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2021-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
377 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1653 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
362 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

As transmitted.

534 
WUUS53 KGID 090057
SVRGID
KSC089-123-141-183-090145-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0048.210509T0057Z-210509T0145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Mitchell County in north central Kansas...
  Southern Jewell County in north central Kansas...
  Southeastern Smith County in north central Kansas...
  Northeastern Osborne County in north central Kansas...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 757 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
  Downs, or 24 miles northwest of Beloit, moving east 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...
  Jewell, Formoso, Ionia, Randall and Scottsville. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3953 9861 3972 9862 3980 9793 3948 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 267DEG 24KT 3963 9852 

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

Rossi
2 follow-up statements
990 
WWUS53 KGID 090116
SVSGID

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

KSC123-141-183-090125-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210509T0145Z/
Mitchell KS-Smith KS-Osborne KS-
816 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MITCHELL...
SOUTHEASTERN SMITH AND NORTHEASTERN OSBORNE COUNTIES 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 3973 9850 3978 9810 3958 9804 3957 9834
      3957 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 249DEG 26KT 3969 9836 

$$

KSC089-090145-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210509T0145Z/
Jewell KS-
816 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN JEWELL COUNTY...

At 815 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ionia, or 20
miles northwest of Beloit, moving east 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...
Jewell and Ionia. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3973 9850 3978 9810 3958 9804 3957 9834
      3957 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 249DEG 26KT 3969 9836 

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

Shawkey
542 
WWUS53 KGID 090129
SVSGID

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

KSC089-090138-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210509T0145Z/
Jewell KS-
829 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JEWELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3973 9850 3978 9810 3958 9804 3957 9834
      3957 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 267DEG 24KT 3969 9824 

$$

Shawkey

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith51 min
May 8, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith43 min

Nearby

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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.