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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Hastings, NE

May 26, 2021Furnas County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 7:20 PM CDT for Furnas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 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 26, 2021, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 7:51 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Furnas County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 26, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 363 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 9.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

592 
WUUS53 KGID 270020
SVRGID
NEC065-270100-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0056.210527T0020Z-210527T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
720 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Furnas County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 718 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Danbury, or
  14 miles southeast of McCook, moving east at 25 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...
  Wilsonville and Hendley.

Radar indicates some rotation with this storm near Danbury in Red 
Willow County, but it is currently unclear whether any organized 
rotation will reach Furnas County. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

&&

LAT...LON 4031 10020 4035 10001 4035 9998 4000 9989
      4000 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 251DEG 22KT 4010 10038 

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

Pfannkuch

2 follow-up statements

003 
WWUS53 KGID 270043
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
743 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

NEC065-270100-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210527T0100Z/
Furnas NE-
743 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN FURNAS COUNTY...

At 741 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near the Red Willow-
Furnas County line, or 22 miles east of McCook, moving east at 25 
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...
Cambridge, Holbrook, Wilsonville and Hendley. 

Radar indicates some weak rotation with this storm, but it does not 
appear as strong as it was when it was farther west of Furnas 
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

&&

LAT...LON 4031 10020 4035 10001 4035 9998 4006 9991
      4006 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 251DEG 22KT 4015 10020 

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

Pfannkuch

982 
WWUS53 KGID 270051
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
751 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

NEC065-270059-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210527T0100Z/
Furnas NE-
751 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN FURNAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has rapidly weakened below 
severe limits as it has approached the western edge of Furnas 
County, and no longer appears to pose an immediate threat to life or 
property. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  

However small hail and gusty winds are still possible with this 
thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
south central Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4031 10020 4035 10001 4035 9998 4006 9991
      4006 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 251DEG 22KT 4017 10014 

$$

Pfannkuch

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Gosper, Phelps	45 min
May 26, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Gosper, Kearney, Phelps	37 min
May 26, 8:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Kearney	46 min
May 26, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps	45 min
May 26, 8:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Buffalo, Gosper, Phelps	6 hr
May 26, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas	37 min
May 26, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams	44 min
May 26, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper	44 min
May 26, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Harlan	30 min
May 26, 10:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Furnas	6 hr
May 26, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo, Phelps	52 min
May 26, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan	44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.