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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2021, 10:03 PM CDT for Jewell County, Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas; Franklin County, Harlan County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 min. 10 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
- Jun 19, 2021, 10:03 PM CDT (03:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2021, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 80.0 mph
Counties Jewell County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Smith County, KS, Franklin County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Webster County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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 19, 10:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 62 | 4 W Kirwin, KS | TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 19, 10:12 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 65 | 9 Ese Woodruff, KS | |
| Jun 19, 10:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Franklin, NE | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN FRANKLIN, MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY AND SEVERAL TRANSFORMERS OUT. |
| Jun 19, 10:31 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Phillipsburg, KS | REPORTS OF LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Jun 19, 10:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kensington, KS | MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jun 19, 10:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 83 | 1 Ssw Smith Center, KS | AIRPORT AWOS. |
| Jun 19, 10:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 83 | Smith Center Airport, KS | |
| Jun 19, 10:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 16 N Athol, KS | TREES DOWN ACROSS HIGHWAY 8. |
| Jun 19, 10:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 26 | 3 S Lebanon, KS | |
| Jun 19, 10:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 56 | 3 S Lebanon, KS | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 3 S LEBANON. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2727 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
319
WUUS53 KGID 200303
SVRGID
KSC089-147-183-NEC061-083-181-200345-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0073.210620T0303Z-210620T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1003 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Jewell County in north central Kansas...
Smith County in north central Kansas...
Northeastern Phillips County in north central Kansas...
Franklin County in south central Nebraska...
Webster County in south central Nebraska...
Southern Harlan County in south central Nebraska...
* Until 1045 PM CDT.
* At 1003 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Woodruff to 9 miles north of Agra to Kirwin,
moving northeast at 65 mph.
These are very dangerous storms.
HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect
considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles.
Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Cedar around 1010 PM CDT.
Naponee and Athol around 1015 PM CDT.
Smith Center and Bloomington around 1020 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Franklin, Riverton, Bellaire, Lebanon, Inavale, Red Cloud, Campbell,
Esbon, Bladen, Guide Rock, Burr Oak and Cowles.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3982 9940 4000 9963 4035 9918 4035 9842
4017 9828 3957 9827 3957 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 246DEG 57KT 4003 9940 3990 9917 3968 9912
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...80MPH
$$
Billings Wright1 follow-up statement
726
WWUS53 KGID 200324
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1024 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
KSC089-147-183-NEC061-083-181-200345-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-210620T0345Z/
Jewell KS-Smith KS-Phillips KS-Franklin NE-Webster NE-Harlan NE-
1024 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN JEWELL...SMITH...NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS...FRANKLIN...
WEBSTER AND SOUTHERN HARLAN COUNTIES...
At 1023 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Bloomington to near Franklin to 8 miles north of Smith
Center, moving northeast at 65 mph.
These are very dangerous storms.
HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect
considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles.
Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.
Locations impacted include...
Riverton, Inavale, Red Cloud, Campbell, Cowles, Bladen, Guide Rock
and Blue Hill.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3982 9940 4000 9963 4035 9918 4035 9842
4017 9828 3957 9827 3957 9923
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 240DEG 56KT 4012 9904 4009 9886 3990 9879
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...80MPH
$$
ShawkeyThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 39 min |
| Jun 19, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 48 min |
| Jun 19, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo, Hall | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 12:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 46 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.