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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Hastings, NE

March 26, 2021Howard County, Merrick County, Nance County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2021, 8:53 PM CDT for Howard County, Merrick County, Nance County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 26, 2021, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2021, 9:17 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Howard County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:54 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 26, 9:05 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	3 E Saint Paul, NE	PEA TO HALF INCH HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1330 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

041 
WUUS53 KGID 270153
SVRGID
NEC093-121-125-270230-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0006.210327T0153Z-210327T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
853 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Nance County in central Nebraska...
  West central Merrick County in central Nebraska...
  East central Howard County in central Nebraska...

* Until 930 PM CDT.

* At 852 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near St. Paul, or
  19 miles north of Grand Island, moving northeast at 15 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...
  St. Paul, Palmer and Cushing. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4113 9845 4123 9849 4137 9824 4117 9812
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 244DEG 15KT 4121 9839 

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

Billings Wright

2 follow-up statements

782 
WWUS53 KGID 270213
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
913 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021

NEC093-121-125-270230-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210327T0230Z/
Nance NE-Merrick NE-Howard NE-
913 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN NANCE...WEST CENTRAL MERRICK AND EAST CENTRAL HOWARD
COUNTIES...

At 913 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Palmer, or 22
miles north of Grand Island, moving northeast at 15 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...
Palmer and Cushing. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4114 9836 4128 9841 4137 9824 4117 9812
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 243DEG 15KT 4125 9829 

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

Billings Wright

103 
WWUS53 KGID 270217
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
917 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021

NEC093-121-125-270227-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210327T0230Z/
Nance NE-Merrick NE-Howard NE-
917 PM CDT Fri Mar 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN NANCE...WEST
CENTRAL MERRICK AND EAST CENTRAL HOWARD 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.

LAT...LON 4114 9836 4128 9841 4137 9824 4117 9812
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 244DEG 15KT 4126 9827 

$$

Billings Wright

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	35 min
Mar 26, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman	24 min
Mar 26, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Gosper	37 min
Mar 26, 7:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas	36 min
Mar 26, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper	30 min
Mar 26, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster	28 min
Mar 26, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	28 min
Mar 26, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Harlan	29 min
Mar 26, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phelps	48 min
Mar 26, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	31 min
Mar 26, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	42 min
Mar 26, 9:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nance	48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.