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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Hastings, NE

May 26, 2021Furnas County, Harlan County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 10:13 PM CDT for Furnas County, Harlan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 10:43 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Furnas County, NE, Harlan County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.

595 
WUUS53 KGID 270313
SVRGID
NEC065-083-270400-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0061.210527T0313Z-210527T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1013 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Furnas County in south central Nebraska...
  Central Harlan County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 1012 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Stamford, or
  23 miles northeast of Norton, moving east at 30 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...
  Stamford around 1020 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Orleans, Alma, Huntley and Ragan.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4006 9973 4018 9973 4034 9926 4007 9925
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 252DEG 26KT 4013 9967 

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

Rossi

2 follow-up statements

308 
WWUS53 KGID 270335
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1035 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

NEC065-270345-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210527T0400Z/
Furnas NE-
1035 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FURNAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 4034 9926 4007 9925 4006 9963 4021 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 251DEG 31KT 4013 9955 

$$

NEC083-270400-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210527T0400Z/
Harlan NE-
1035 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL HARLAN COUNTY...

At 1035 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Stamford, or
23 miles southwest of Holdrege, moving east 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...
  Orleans, Alma, Huntley and Ragan.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4034 9926 4007 9925 4006 9963 4021 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 251DEG 31KT 4013 9955 

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

Rossi

199 
WWUS53 KGID 270343
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1043 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

NEC083-270353-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210527T0400Z/
Harlan NE-
1043 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL HARLAN COUNTY 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 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 4034 9926 4007 9925 4006 9963 4021 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 252DEG 26KT 4015 9948 

$$

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, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper	44 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.