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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Hastings, NE

May 26, 2021Rooks County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 10:08 PM CDT for Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports 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: May 26, 2021, 10:08 PM CDT (03:08 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Rooks County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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
May 26, 10:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Damar, KS	TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 26, 10:24 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Webster State Park, KS

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

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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 1992 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1327 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.7
Supercell composite: 22.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

078 
WUUS53 KGID 270308
SVRGID
KSC163-270345-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0060.210527T0308Z-210527T0345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1008 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Western Rooks County in north central Kansas...

* Until 1045 PM CDT.

* At 1008 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles south of Logan to Damar, moving east at 20
  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...
  Zurich and Webster State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9961 3957 9960 3956 9928 3919 9934
TIME...MOT...LOC 0308Z 267DEG 17KT 3953 9953 3930 9957 

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

Pfannkuch

2 follow-up statements

246 
WWUS53 KGID 270324
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1024 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

KSC163-270345-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-210527T0345Z/
Rooks KS-
1024 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN ROOKS COUNTY...

At 1023 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles north of Webster State Park to near Zurich,
moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Palco, Damar, Zurich and Webster State Park.

Radar indicates that the threat for the largest hail is focused 
between Damar and Webster State Park.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3922 9961 3957 9960 3956 9928 3919 9934
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 270DEG 23KT 3953 9943 3929 9942 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Pfannkuch

562 
WWUS53 KGID 270330
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1030 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

KSC163-270345-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-210527T0345Z/
Rooks KS-
1030 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN ROOKS COUNTY...

At 1029 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 9 miles northwest of Stockton to near Zurich, moving
east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated. In addition, golf ball size hail was 
         reported by spotters in Damar at 1015 PM CDT. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Zurich and Webster State Park. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3921 9956 3956 9953 3956 9928 3919 9934
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 267DEG 17KT 3953 9940 3929 9939 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Pfannkuch

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	39 min
May 26, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips, Rooks	42 min
May 26, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	47 min
May 26, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	29 min
May 26, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	30 min
May 26, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	51 min
May 26, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	35 min
May 26, 10:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Rooks	5 hr
May 26, 11:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks, Smith	26 min
May 26, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	45 min
May 26, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	44 min
May 26, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	52 min
May 27, 12:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	37 min
May 27, 12:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Phillips, Smith	6 hr
May 27, 1:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	6 hr
May 27, 1:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell, Osborne	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.