Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Hastings, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 8:07 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 9 S Lebanon, KS | DIME 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
Rossi2 follow-up statements
990
WWUS53 KGID 090116
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
816 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC123-141-183-090125-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210509T0145Z/
Mitchell KS-Smith KS-Osborne KS-
816 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MITCHELL...
SOUTHEASTERN SMITH AND NORTHEASTERN OSBORNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
north central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3973 9850 3978 9810 3958 9804 3957 9834
3957 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 249DEG 26KT 3969 9836
$$
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
$$
Shawkey542
WWUS53 KGID 090129
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
829 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
KSC089-090138-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-210509T0145Z/
Jewell KS-
829 PM CDT Sat May 8 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN JEWELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
north central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3973 9850 3978 9810 3958 9804 3957 9834
3957 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 267DEG 24KT 3969 9824
$$
ShawkeyThe 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, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 43 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.