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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Hastings, NE

May 24, 2021Franklin County, Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2021, 8:14 PM CDT for Franklin County, Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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 24, 2021, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2021, 8:40 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Phillips County, KS, Smith County, KS, Franklin County, NE, Harlan County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 925 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
925 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
863 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

237 
WUUS53 KGID 250114
SVRGID
KSC147-183-NEC061-083-250200-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0053.210525T0114Z-210525T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
814 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Smith County in north central Kansas...
  Northeastern Phillips County in north central Kansas...
  Southwestern Franklin County in south central Nebraska...
  Southeastern Harlan County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 900 PM CDT.

* At 813 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles south of
  Harlan County Dam, or 14 miles north of Phillipsburg, moving
  northeast at 35 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Republican City and Harlan County Dam around 825 PM CDT.
  Naponee around 830 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Bloomington and Franklin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4030 9903 4004 9873 4002 9873 3977 9937
      3998 9948
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 232DEG 32KT 3996 9925 

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

Wesely
2 follow-up statements
382 
WWUS53 KGID 250124
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
824 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

KSC147-183-NEC061-083-250200-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210525T0200Z/
Smith KS-Phillips KS-Franklin NE-Harlan NE-
824 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SMITH...NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS...SOUTHWESTERN
FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN HARLAN COUNTIES...

At 823 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Naponee, or 20
miles northeast of Phillipsburg, moving northeast at 35 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...
  Bloomington and Franklin.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4030 9903 4007 9877 3986 9925 4003 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 232DEG 32KT 4002 9915 

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

Wesely
947 
WWUS53 KGID 250140
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
840 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

KSC147-183-NEC061-083-250149-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210525T0200Z/
Smith KS-Phillips KS-Franklin NE-Harlan NE-
840 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SMITH...
NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS...SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN HARLAN
COUNTIES 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.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4030 9903 4007 9877 3986 9925 4003 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 232DEG 32KT 4011 9900 

$$

Wesely

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson25 min
May 24, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson28 min
May 24, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin21 min
May 24, 9:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson23 min
May 24, 9:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson25 min
May 24, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo27 min
May 24, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley45 min
May 25, 8:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDClay26 min
May 25, 8:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore31 min
May 25, 9:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDYork33 min
May 24, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips36 min
May 24, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2021Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.