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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Hastings, NE

April 11, 1991Clay County, Hamilton County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1991, 6:31 PM CDT for Clay County, Hamilton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 1991, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1991, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, NE, Hamilton County, NE

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, Apr 11, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-112145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
335 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA TILL 10 PM
   CDT...

AT 335 PM CDT THUNDESTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA AND A FEW NEW ONES WERE IN THE WEST CENTRAL.

IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THE STORMS WERE IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA FROM
THE KANSAS NEBRASKA BORDER SOUTH OF HASTINGS...NORTHWEST ACROSS INTER
STATE 80 BETWEEN KEARNEY AND LEXINGTON...TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LEXINGTON.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE JUST NORTH OF ELM CREEK
OR 20 MILES WEST OF KEARNEY...AND JUST SOUTH OF AXTELL OR ABOUT 25 MILES
SOUTH OF KEARNEY.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 35MPH.
DER
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 5:45 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-112145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
440 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA TILL 10 PM
   CDT...

AT 435 PM CDT THUNDESTORMS WERE IN AN AREA 50 MILES WIDE FROM NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS NEAR SMITH CENTER TO LOUP CITY...30 MILES NORTHWEST
OF GRAND ISLAND.

STRONG STORMS WITHIN THIS AREA CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
STRONG GUSTY WIND gAND A FEW LIKELY CONTAIN PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
ONE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE KANSAS STATELINE...35 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS.  ANOTHER WAS 5 MILES SOUTH OF KEARNEY.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 35 MPH.
BW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman57 min
Apr 11, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster64 min
Apr 11, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Hall65 min
Apr 11, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster67 min
Apr 11, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Hall44 min
Apr 11, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.