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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Hastings, NE

May 14, 2022Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2022, 7:22 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 23 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
May 14, 2022, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2022, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 244 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2022-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1284 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2022-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1284 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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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 May 14, 7:04 PM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 7:04 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 2:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
242 PM CDT Sat May 14 2022

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
151200-
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-
242 PM CDT Sat May 14 2022

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

.DAY ONE...Late This Afternoon and Tonight.

Two rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through
early Sunday morning.

Strong to marginally severe thunderstorms remain possible late
this afternoon and early evening, primarily along and south of a
line from Geneva to Cambridge Nebraska and into north central
Kansas. The primary hazards with these storms would be hail near
the size of ping pong balls and wind gusts near 60 mph.

Another round of strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to
develop late tonight mainly after 3 AM and last into Sunday
morning. The better chance for severe weather with these late
night storms will be east of a Kearney to Franklin Nebraska, to
Osborne Kansas line. The primary late night severe weather hazards
would be hail to the size of golf balls and 60 mph wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Strong to severe thunderstorms could linger through mid Sunday
morning, mainly east of Highway 281.

Additional thunderstorm chances return to the forecast area
Monday night through Tuesday night, and then periodically
Wednesday night through Thursday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to relay severe weather reports through
tonight to the National Weather Service.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 5:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls30 min
May 15, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps32 min
May 15, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney29 min
May 15, 3:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Kearney26 min
May 15, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Kearney35 min
May 15, 3:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore27 min
May 15, 3:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson25 min
May 15, 3:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster29 min
May 15, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper, Phelps48 min
May 15, 3:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls27 min
May 15, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster30 min
May 15, 4:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps46 min
May 15, 4:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls, Thayer26 min
May 15, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney, Phelps48 min
May 15, 4:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper29 min
May 15, 5:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper28 min
May 15, 5:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin10 min
May 15, 5:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin, Webster30 min
May 15, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps30 min
May 15, 5:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson25 min
May 15, 5:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls, Webster34 min
May 15, 5:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson34 min
May 15, 5:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney, Phelps31 min
May 15, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls23 min
May 15, 6:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney35 min
May 15, 6:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps33 min
May 15, 6:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney33 min
May 15, 7:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster30 min
May 15, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls37 min
May 14, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith26 min
May 14, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith29 min
May 14, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRepublic23 min
May 14, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips46 min
May 14, 8:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell25 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.