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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Hastings, NE

June 15, 2021Buffalo County, Hall County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2021, 7:28 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Hall County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 15, 2021, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Hall County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 7:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Shelton, NE

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

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1142 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2021-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

As transmitted.

889 
WUUS53 KGID 160028
SVRGID
NEC019-079-160100-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0066.210616T0028Z-210616T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
728 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Buffalo County in south central Nebraska...
  Southwestern Hall County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 727 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shelton, or 
  17 miles east of Kearney, and is nearly stationary.

  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...
  Gibbon and Shelton. 

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 285 and 295.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4084 9868 4070 9867 4070 9872 4069 9872
      4069 9875 4068 9876 4068 9886 4084 9885
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 356DEG 3KT 4078 9877 

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

Pfannkuch
2 follow-up statements
387 
WWUS53 KGID 160045
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
745 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

NEC019-079-160100-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-210616T0100Z/
Buffalo NE-Hall NE-
745 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUFFALO AND SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTIES...

At 744 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located between Gibbon and 
Shelton, or 15 miles east of Kearney, moving south at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Gibbon and Shelton. 

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 285 and 294.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4080 9870 4070 9867 4070 9872 4069 9872
      4069 9875 4068 9876 4068 9886 4080 9884
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 018DEG 10KT 4073 9880 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Pfannkuch
004 
WWUS53 KGID 160052
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
752 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

NEC019-079-160101-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-210616T0100Z/
Buffalo NE-Hall NE-
752 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUFFALO AND
SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty 
winds and moderate to heavy rain are still possible with this 
thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4080 9870 4070 9867 4070 9872 4069 9872
      4069 9875 4068 9876 4068 9886 4080 9884
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 356DEG 3KT 4073 9880 

$$

Pfannkuch

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall29 min
Jun 15, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDClay28 min
Jun 15, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls32 min
Jun 15, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDThayer20 min
Jun 16, 3:17 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more29 hr

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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.