Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Hastings, NE
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Shelton, 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.
- 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
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
$$
Pfannkuch2 follow-up statements
387
WWUS53 KGID 160045
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
745 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021
NEC019-079-160100-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-210616T0100Z/
Buffalo NE-Hall NE-
745 PM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUFFALO AND SOUTHWESTERN HALL COUNTIES...
At 744 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located between Gibbon and
Shelton, or 15 miles east of Kearney, moving south at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Gibbon and Shelton.
This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 285 and 294.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4080 9870 4070 9867 4070 9872 4069 9872
4069 9875 4068 9876 4068 9886 4080 9884
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 018DEG 10KT 4073 9880
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
Pfannkuch004
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
$$
PfannkuchThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hall | 29 min |
| Jun 15, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Clay | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Nuckolls | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 20 min |
| Jun 16, 3:17 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more | 29 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.