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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2021Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2021, 8:27 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 min. 3 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: May 26, 2021, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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
May 26, 8:39 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 53	3 W Culbertson, NE
May 26, 9:05 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	1 W Mccook, NE	REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).
May 26, 9:23 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	1 W Mccook, NE	REPORT FROM MPING: DIME (0.75 IN.).

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
May 26, 4:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

220 
WUUS53 KGLD 270127
SVRGLD
NEC087-145-270215-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0096.210527T0127Z-210527T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
827 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Red Willow County in southwestern Nebraska...
  Northeastern Hitchcock County in southwestern Nebraska...

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 827 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of
  Culbertson, or 13 miles northeast of Trenton, moving east at 30
  mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  McCook.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for southwestern
Nebraska.

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

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for southwestern
Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4019 10047 4019 10101 4035 10105 4035 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 269DEG 27KT 4032 10085 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Lockhart

1 follow-up statement

222 
WWUS53 KGLD 270148
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
848 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

NEC087-145-270215-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0096.000000T0000Z-210527T0215Z/
Red Willow NE-Hitchcock NE-
848 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN RED WILLOW AND NORTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTIES...

At 848 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
McCook, moving east at 30 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...
McCook and Culbertson. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for southwestern
Nebraska.

This storm is producing large hail. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy
structure and stay away from windows.

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

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for southwestern
Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4019 10047 4019 10092 4035 10087 4035 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 269DEG 27KT 4032 10064 

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

Lockhart

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	8 hr
May 26, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	42 min
May 26, 7:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	39 min
May 26, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	27 min
May 26, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	28 min
May 26, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	57 min
May 26, 8:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	6 hr
May 26, 9:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	17 min
May 26, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	46 min
May 26, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	22 min
May 26, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	66 min
May 26, 11:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	62 min
May 27, 1:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	62 min
May 27, 5:16 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	GLD	Hitchcock	11 hr
May 27, 7:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	80 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.