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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Hastings, NE

May 26, 20215 counties in Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 11:04 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 26 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, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 11:30 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.

566 
WUUS53 KGID 270404
SVRGID
KSC089-123-141-163-183-270430-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0063.210527T0404Z-210527T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1104 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Mitchell County in north central Kansas...
  East central Rooks County in north central Kansas...
  Southwestern Jewell County in north central Kansas...
  Southern Smith County in north central Kansas...
  Northern Osborne County in north central Kansas...

* Until 1130 PM CDT.

* At 1104 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Athol to near Alton to 8 miles southeast of
  Woodston, moving east at 45 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...
  Gaylord around 1110 PM CDT.
  Smith Center and Harlan around 1115 PM CDT.
  Portis and Bellaire around 1120 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Osborne, Downs and Lebanon.

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 3989 9849 3965 9848 3935 9846 3931 9919
      3954 9903 3979 9899
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 254DEG 38KT 3974 9891 3953 9889 3935 9901 

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

Pfannkuch

2 follow-up statements

134 
WWUS53 KGID 270420
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1120 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

KSC163-270429-
/O.CAN.KGID.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210527T0430Z/
Rooks KS-
1120 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ROOKS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
north central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3989 9849 3965 9848 3935 9846 3933 9898
      3953 9895 3981 9890
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 254DEG 38KT 3978 9873 3957 9871 3939 9883 

$$

KSC089-123-141-183-270430-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210527T0430Z/
Mitchell KS-Jewell KS-Smith KS-Osborne KS-
1120 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL...SOUTHWESTERN JEWELL...SOUTHEASTERN SMITH
AND NORTHERN OSBORNE COUNTIES...

At 1119 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Bellaire to Portis to 7 miles southwest of
Osborne, moving east at 45 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...
  Bellaire, Lebanon and Downs.

Radar indicates that the primary threat for large hail is centered 
near Alton. 

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 3989 9849 3965 9848 3935 9846 3933 9898
      3953 9895 3981 9890
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 254DEG 38KT 3978 9873 3957 9871 3939 9883 

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

Pfannkuch

236 
WWUS53 KGID 270431
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1131 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

KSC089-123-141-183-270441-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210527T0430Z/
Mitchell KS-Jewell KS-Smith KS-Osborne KS-
1131 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL...
SOUTHWESTERN JEWELL...SOUTHEASTERN SMITH AND NORTHERN OSBORNE
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.  However small
hail and gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
north central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3989 9849 3965 9848 3935 9846 3933 9898
      3953 9895 3981 9890
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 254DEG 38KT 3981 9859 3960 9857 3942 9869 

$$

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, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	37 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, 11:30 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

Nearby

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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.