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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Hastings, NE

May 26, 2021Furnas County, Gosper County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 9:31 PM CDT for Furnas County, Gosper County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.

178 
WUUS53 KGID 270231
SVRGID
NEC065-073-270315-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0059.210527T0231Z-210527T0315Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

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

* Until 1015 PM CDT.

* At 931 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Bartley to near Lebanon, moving east at 50 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.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Cambridge and Wilsonville around 940 PM CDT.
  Holbrook and Hendley around 950 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Arapahoe, Beaver City, Edison and Hollinger.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10020 4035 10010 4037 10009 4043 9966
      4000 9966 4000 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 270DEG 41KT 4027 10029 4013 10026 

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

Rossi

2 follow-up statements

889 
WWUS53 KGID 270254
SVSGID

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

NEC065-073-270315-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210527T0315Z/
Gosper NE-Furnas NE-
954 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN GOSPER AND FURNAS COUNTIES...

At 954 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Wilsonville to near Beaver City, 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...
  Beaver City, Hollinger, Holbrook, Arapahoe and Edison.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10020 4035 10010 4037 10009 4043 9966
      4000 9966 4000 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 247DEG 22KT 4015 10011 4009 9983 

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

Rossi

446 
WWUS53 KGID 270315
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1015 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

NEC065-073-270323-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210527T0315Z/
Gosper NE-Furnas NE-
1015 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GOSPER AND FURNAS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning are in the process of moving 
out of the warned area, and a new severe thunderstorm warning has 
been issued downstream of this one. Therefore, this warning will be 
allowed to expire. However small hail and gusty winds are still 
possible with the remaining thunderstorms across the warned area, 
and additional development is possible through the evening hours.

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

LAT...LON 4035 10020 4035 10010 4037 10009 4043 9966
      4000 9966 4000 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 267DEG 32KT 4007 9984 4012 9965 

$$

Rossi

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, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas	31 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, 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.