Tornado Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
340 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NEBRASKA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 330 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA 15
MILES NORTHWEST OF O NEILL...AND IN EASTCENTRAL NEBRASKA OVER COLUMBUS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE ALONG THE NORTHEAST
BORDER OF NEBRASKA FROM YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO 45 MILES NORTH OF OMAHA
...AND FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND TO COLUMBUS.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

IN ADDITION...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING
ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA FROM WEST OF VALENTINE TO
SOUTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10#00 PM CDT...FOR MUCH OF NEBRASKA.
PEOPLE IN NEBRASKA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

LEW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
440 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NEBRASKA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 430 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN NEBRASKA...OR 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF
COLUMBUS NEBRASKA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AS IT PASSED SOUTH OF COLUMBUS
AROUND 400 PM.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS THE WESTERN
AND NORTHERN PARTS OF NEBRASKA AND WERE MOST NUMEROUS ALONG THE NORTHERN
BORDER OF NEBRASKA FROM VALENTINE TO WEST OF LEWIS AND CLARK RESERVOIR.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OBSERVED IN THE NORTH PLATTE AREA...AND FROM WEST
OF AINSOWRTH TO NEAR BUTTE NEBRASKA.
THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...FOR MUCH OF NEBRASKA.
PEOPLE IN NEBRASKA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

LEW

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-152330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
535 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NEBRASKA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 525 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED IN EASTCENTRAL NEBRASKA
37 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...NEAR DAVID CITY.  PEOPLE IN DAVID CITY AND
BUTLER COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THIS STORM AND
SEEK REINFORCED SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH.

OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA NEAR NORTH PLATTE
AND IN NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA BETWEEN AINSWORTH AND BUTTE.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA NEAR
BARTLETT AND PETERSBURG.
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THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

PEOPLE IN NEBRASKA SHOULD CONTINUEz TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

LEW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
635 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NEBRASKA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 630 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM
30 MILES NORTH TO 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF O NEILL...BETWEEN BUTTE AND AINSWORTH.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST ACROSS BOYD AND NORTHERN HOLT COUNTIES AT
25 MILES AN HOUR.  PEOPLE IN BOYD AND NORTHERN HOLT COUNTIES SHOULD MOVE
TO A PLACE SAFETY IMMEDIATELY.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING ACROSS NORTHCENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...FROM EAST OF VALENTINE TO NORTH PLATTE THEN SOUTHWEST TO
IMPERIAL.
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OTHER ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL
NEBRASKA 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF LINCOLN...AND 40 MILES WEST OF NORFOLK
NEAR OAKDALE.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF NEBRASKA
AND UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR MUCH OF EASTCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHCER RADIO...AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO
BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

LEW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
835 PM CDT FRI MAY 15 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR A LARGE PART OF NEBRASKA UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...
...A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EASTCENTRAL
NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...

AT 830 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...COVERED MOST OF A 30 TO 40 MILE WIDE AREA
FROM NORTH CENTRAL TO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...STRETCHING FROM 50 MILES
NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND...OR NORTH OF GREELEY...TO BROKEN BOW...JUST
SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE....AND THEN TO IMPERIAL.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM IN THIS AREA WAS CENTERED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NORTH PLATTE...WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT.

OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING IN EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ONEILL.

MOVEMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS GENERALLY EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 15
TO 20 MPH.

TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF NEBRASKA
AND UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR MUCH OF EASTCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEA-THER RADIO...AND LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO
BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

DGD