NWS Hastings NESV.W 0113May 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Jewell and Smith, KS
The National Weather Service office in Hastings issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Jewell and Smith in Kansas, which was in force until 8:15 p.m. local time on May 30. It was the 113th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Hastings issued in 2026. Kansas had 259 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 301 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Kansas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 34 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Hastings NE
- Area
- Jewell and Smith
- State
- Kansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:41 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- Expires
- 8:15 p.m. CDT, May 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KGID SV.W 0113
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas since 2008Every warning type in Kansas
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The notice as issued
SVRGID The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Jewell County in north central Kansas... Northeastern Smith County in north central Kansas... * Until 815 PM CDT. * At 740 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Lebanon to 6 miles southwest of Esbon to near Ionia, moving northeast 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. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Lebanon and Esbon around 745 PM CDT. Burr Oak around 800 PM CDT.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas since 20081,225 a year
- Every warning type in Kansas
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels