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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Hastings, NE

April 23, 20224 counties in Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2022, 3:01 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 23, 2022, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 23, 2022, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 22, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 1942 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1404 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 10.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 23, 12:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 12:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 9:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
933 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
231200-
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-
933 PM CDT Fri Apr 22 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and
portions of north central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Strong southerly winds of 30 to 40 MPH with gusts to around
65 MPH will continue across the local area tonight. As a result,
a High Wind Warning is in effect for the entire area through 5 AM
Saturday.

Blowing dust may also lead to poor visibility, especially in
Furnas, Gosper, and Dawson counties.

Isolated thunderstorms are possible west of Highway 281 through
11pm. Hail to the size of quarters and wind gusts to 70 MPH are
possible with these storms.

Another round of thunderstorms is expected to move in from the
west between 1am and 5am Saturday morning. Wind gusts to 70 MPH
are the main threat with this line of storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Saturday will see strong winds again gradually shifting from the
south to the northwest with gusts to around 40 to 45 MPH possible.
These strong winds combined with minimum relative humidity values
below 20 percent prompted the issuance of a fire weather watch
for Saturday...which is in effect from 1 PM until 8 PM CDT.

Additional fire weather concerns are expected to persist across
at least parts of the local area into next week and will be
assessed one day at a time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report any hail, wind damage, or
tornadoes with the possible storms late this afternoon and
overnight.

&&

More information may be obtained at the following web page:
   https://www.weather.gov/hastings

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 23, 1:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
158 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0128 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NE GRAND ISLAND       40.97N 98.32W
04/23/2022  M62 MPH          HALL               NE   ASOS

            ASOS STATION KGRI GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT.

&&

MANGELS

Local storm report, Apr 23, 1:59 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
159 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0136 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 W HAZARD              41.09N 99.09W
04/23/2022  M60 MPH          SHERMAN            NE   MESONET

            KNEHAZAR5.

&&

MANGELS

Local storm report, Apr 23, 2:16 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
216 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0117 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 6 NNW LOUP CITY         41.35N 99.03W
04/23/2022  M62 MPH          SHERMAN            NE   MESONET

            DAVIS WEATHERLINK.

&&

MANGELS

Local storm report, Apr 23, 2:21 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
221 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1247 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NE CLARKS             41.25N 97.78W
04/23/2022  M58 MPH          MERRICK            NE   MESONET

            MESONET STATION UR441 WHAVNW.

&&

MANGELS

Local storm report, Apr 23, 2:49 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
249 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0238 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 NNW OXFORD            40.31N 99.67W
04/23/2022  M65 MPH          FURNAS             NE   MESONET

            DAVIS WEATHERLINK STATION. COINCIDED WITH
            ARRIVAL OF THUNDERSTORM.

&&

MANGELS

Local storm report, Apr 23, 3:01 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Gosper	19 min
Apr 22, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	26 min
Apr 22, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin	33 min
Apr 23, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Furnas	37 min
Apr 23, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps	36 min
Apr 23, 2:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps	33 min
Apr 23, 3:04 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more	17 hr
Apr 23, 3:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Webster	33 min
Apr 23, 4:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	29 min
Apr 23, 4:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	35 min
Apr 23, 2:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Rooks	24 min
Apr 23, 5:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	34 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.