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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2021Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2021, 8:02 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2021, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.0 in

County Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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, 8:22 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	7 Se Palisade, NE	ESTIMATED WINDS TO BE ATLEAST 60 MPH. THIS OCCURRED WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
May 26, 8:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1	7 Se Palisade, NE	OCCURRED WITH ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF ATLEAST 60 MPH.
May 26, 8:23 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	5 Se Palisade, NE	GOLF BALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED.

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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.

066 
WFUS53 KGLD 270102
TORGLD
NEC087-270130-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0038.210527T0102Z-210527T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
802 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Hitchcock County in southwestern Nebraska...

* Until 830 PM CDT.
    
* At 802 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Palisade, or 9 miles northwest of Trenton, moving
  east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northwestern Hitchcock County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 4027 10091 4023 10120 4028 10123 4035 10122
      4035 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 269DEG 16KT 4030 10109 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

Lockhart

2 follow-up statements

649 
WWUS53 KGLD 270119
SVSGLD

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

NEC087-270130-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210527T0130Z/
Hitchcock NE-
819 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HITCHCOCK COUNTY...
    
At 819 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles southeast of Palisade, or 8 miles north of
Trenton, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Hitchcock County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 4027 10091 4025 10109 4029 10110 4035 10110
      4035 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 269DEG 16KT 4030 10099 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

Lockhart

801 
WWUS53 KGLD 270129
SVSGLD

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

NEC087-270138-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210527T0130Z/
Hitchcock NE-
829 PM CDT Wed May 26 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HITCHCOCK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 830 PM CDT...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

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

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Goodland.

LAT...LON 4027 10091 4025 10109 4029 10110 4035 10110
      4035 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 261DEG 17KT 4031 10094 

$$

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, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	57 min
May 26, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	48 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.