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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at May 26, 2021, 8:36 PM CDT for Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
County Rooks County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 1992 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1327 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 22.5
The text
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 26, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 422 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 271200- Phillips-Smith-Jewell-Rooks-Osborne-Mitchell-Valley-Greeley-Nance- Sherman-Howard-Merrick-Polk-Dawson-Buffalo-Hall-Hamilton-York- Gosper-Phelps-Kearney-Adams-Clay-Fillmore-Furnas-Harlan-Franklin- Webster-Nuckolls-Thayer- 422 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...This Evening and Tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms will remain a concern across the outlook area through tonight. With the strongest storms, damaging wind gusts up to 75 MPH, large hail up to the size of baseballs, and a few tornadoes will be possible. Widespread rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are also possible, which could result in localized flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. A few lingering non-severe thunderstorms remain possible Thursday morning, mainly for areas east of Highway 281. Saturday through Tuesday, periodic thunderstorm chances remain in the forecast across the outlook area. While the overall threat for thunderstorms and severe weather is on the low side, there will be the potential for multiple chances of heavy rain, and flooding could become more of a concern late in the weekend into early next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is expected through tonight. Reports of rainfall amounts, damaging wind gusts, hail of any size, as well as funnel clouds or tornadoes would all be appreciated. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| 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, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 30 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 |
| 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, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks, Smith | 26 min |
| May 26, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 45 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 |
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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.