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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Hastings, NE

May 14, 2021Phillips County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2021, 1:25 AM CDT for Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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 14, 2021, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2021, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Phillips County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2021-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

713 
WUUS53 KGID 140625
SVRGID
KSC147-140715-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0050.210514T0625Z-210514T0715Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
125 AM CDT Fri May 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Phillips County in north central Kansas...

* Until 215 AM CDT.

* At 124 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Long Island to 6 miles south of Almena to 6
  miles southeast of Norton, moving southeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Long Island around 130 AM CDT.
  Prairie View around 135 AM CDT.
  Logan around 150 AM CDT.
  Speed around 155 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9962 4000 9938 3957 9938 3957 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0624Z 301DEG 28KT 3994 9963 3979 9970 3975 9983 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Fay
3 follow-up statements
334 
WWUS53 KGID 140641
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
141 AM CDT Fri May 14 2021

KSC147-140715-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210514T0715Z/
Phillips KS-
141 AM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY...

At 141 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Long Island to near Logan to 7 miles northeast of
Edmond, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  Logan and Speed.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3991 9961 4000 9938 3957 9938 3957 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0641Z 306DEG 26KT 3988 9950 3972 9960 3968 9968 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Fay
286 
WWUS53 KGID 140655
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
155 AM CDT Fri May 14 2021

KSC147-140715-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210514T0715Z/
Phillips KS-
155 AM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY...

At 155 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northwest of Phillipsburg to near Speed to
near Logan, moving southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Logan and Speed. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3971 9962 3986 9938 3957 9938 3957 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0655Z 301DEG 28KT 3983 9938 3967 9948 3963 9956 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Fay
810 
WWUS53 KGID 140707
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
207 AM CDT Fri May 14 2021

KSC147-140717-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210514T0715Z/
Phillips KS-
207 AM CDT Fri May 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 215 AM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3971 9962 3986 9938 3957 9938 3957 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 301DEG 28KT 3979 9929 3963 9939 3959 9947 

$$

Fay

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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.