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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Hastings, NE

August 13, 1992Hall County, Howard County, Merrick County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1992, 8:25 PM CDT for Hall County, Howard County, Merrick County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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 13, 1992, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hall County, NE, Howard County, NE, Merrick County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 13, 8:40 PM CDTHail 1Hall, 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 13, 2:44 PM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-132045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
243 PM CDT THU AUG 13 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA...

AT 232 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL AND
GUSTY WIND HAD FORMED IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA 40 MILES SOUTH OF
VALENTINE AND 10 MILES SOUTH OF AINSWORTH.  THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING
TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  IF THAT TRACK CONTINUES THESE STORMS
WOULD MOVE TO AROUND THE BROKEN BOW AREA BY 430 PM.

ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THUNDRSTORMS WAS OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA FROM
AROUND O NEILL TO 20 MILES NORTH OF NORFOLK.  THE STRONGEST STORM
WAS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF O NEILL.  MOVEMENT WAS ALSO TO THE SOUTH-
EAST AT 25 MPH AND TOWARD THE COLUMBUS AREA.
DGS
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:50 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-132145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
348 PM CDT THU AUG 13 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...

AT 332 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...SOME HAIL AND
GUSTY WIND CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY.  A RANCHER NEAR WOOD-
LAKE IN EXTREME EAST CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA REPORTED
RAINFALL FO 2 INCHES AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL FROM A STORM THAT FORMED
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON SOUHTEAST OF VALENTINE.  THAT STORM CONTINUED
STRONG AND WAS NEAR HALSEY OR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW AND
WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MPH.  OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 20 MILES
WEST OF O NEILL...15 MILES SOUTH OF O NEILL...AND 30 MILES WEST OF
MORFOLK...MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH.  A WEAKENING STRONG
STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF NORFOLK.

PEOPLE LIVING NORTHWEST TO WEST OF BROKEN BOW...AND NORTH TO NORTHEA.ST
OF BURWELL TOWARD THE AREA WEST OF NORRH OF COLUMBUS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND UNTIL
5 OR 6 PM.
DGS
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 3:55 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-132145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
348 PM CDT THU AUG 13 1992...CORRECTION FOR TYPOS

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...

AT 332 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...SOME HAIL AND
GUSTY WIND CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY.  A RANCHER NEAR WOOD-
LAKE IN EXTREME EAST CHERRY COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA REPORTED
RAINFALL OF 2 INCHES AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL FROM A STORM THAT FORMED
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON SOUTHEAST OF VALENTINE.  THAT STORM CONTINUED
STRONG AND WAS NEAR HALSEY OR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF BROKEN BOW AND
WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 25 MPH.  OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE 20 MILES
WEST OF O NEILL...15 MILES SOUTH OF O NEILL...AND 30 MILES WEST OF
NORFOLK...MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH.  A WEAKENING STRONG
STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF NORFOLK.

PEOPLE LIVING NORTHWEST TO WEST OF BROKEN BOWB...AND NORTH TO NORTHEAST
OF BURWELL TOWARD THE AREA WEST AND NORTH OF COLUMBUS SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND UNTIL
5 OR 6 PM.
DGS
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 4:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before
NEZ008-013>015-017>019-132245-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
440 PM CDT THU AUG 13 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CUSTER AND EASTERN LOGAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHWARD TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

AT 430 PM...RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT AN AREA OF ISOLATED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL...
AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

THESE STORMS WERE MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM NORTH PLATTE...TO 15 MILES
NORTH KEARNEY...TO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND...OR NEAR GENEVA...
TO 20 MILES NORTH OF LINCOLN NEBRASKA.

MOVEMENT OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THESE STORMS WERE TO THE SOUTH
SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH WHILE THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA WAS MOVING
SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.  THE STORMS WERE EXPECTED TO REACH A SCOTIA...
CENTRAL CITY...SEWARD LINE BY 530 PM.

IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE UNTIL THESE STORMS PFASS THROUGH YOUR AREA.  STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS ALSO.

VEJ
Local storm report, Aug 13, 6:44 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore53 min
Aug 13, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton35 min
Aug 13, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay69 min
Aug 13, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls42 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.