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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Hastings, NE
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.
- 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
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
$$
Wesely2 follow-up statements
382
WWUS53 KGID 250124
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
824 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
KSC147-183-NEC061-083-250200-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210525T0200Z/
Smith KS-Phillips KS-Franklin NE-Harlan NE-
824 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN SMITH...NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS...SOUTHWESTERN
FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN HARLAN COUNTIES...
At 823 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Naponee, or 20
miles northeast of Phillipsburg, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Bloomington and Franklin.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4030 9903 4007 9877 3986 9925 4003 9937
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 232DEG 32KT 4002 9915
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Wesely947
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
$$
WeselyThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 25 min |
| May 24, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 28 min |
| May 24, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Franklin | 21 min |
| May 24, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 23 min |
| May 24, 9:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 25 min |
| May 24, 10:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo | 27 min |
| May 24, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 45 min |
| May 25, 8:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Clay | 26 min |
| May 25, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 31 min |
| May 25, 9:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | York | 33 min |
| May 24, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips | 36 min |
| May 24, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.