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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Hastings, NE

August 7, 1986Adams County, Clay County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 1986, 12:30 AM CDT for Adams County, Clay County, Nebraska. It was in force for 60 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 7, 1986, 12:30 AM CDT (05:30 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 1986, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 7, 12:40 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Clay, NE
Aug 7, 1:35 AM CDT	Hail 1.75	Clay, NE

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 7:52 PM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
730 PM CDT WED AUG 6 1986

...TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT..

A SUPER THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA IN SOUTHEAST
CHERRY AND SOUTHWEEST CORNERN OF BROWN COUNTIES.  THIS STORM COULD
PRODUCE A TORNADO AND PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE
SHELTER.  THIS STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL
BE ENTERING WESTERN BLAINE AND EASTERN THOMAS COUNTIES BY 8 PM CDT.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ALSO NORTHWEST KANSAS.

IN NEBRASKA THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE LOCATED NORTH OF A LINE THAT
RAN FROM OMAHA TO MULLEN NEB.  MOVING THE THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
IN KANSAS SHOWERS AND A FEW INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS IN AN AREA 50 MILES
ACROSS WITH THE CENTER LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILL CITY.  THE
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN MC COOK NEB. AND HILL CITY
KS. ALSO 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF HILL CITY KS.  MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND
SOME HAIL.
MLT

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 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
Aug 6, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Polk	55 min
Aug 6, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	York	55 min
Aug 6, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Dawson	112 min
Aug 7, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	57 min
Aug 7, 1:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay	53 min
Aug 7, 2:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	59 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.