Tornado Warning 42, NWS Hastings, NE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
357 AM CDT MON JUL 26 1993

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR AREAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL
   NEBRASKA SOUTH OF HOLDREGE...HASTINGS...AND GENEVA...

AT 335 AM CDT...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
REMAINED OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THEY WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND...AND AT KEARNEY.  A NUMBER OF STORMS
CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED OVER A 50 MILE WIDE AREA BETWEEN
20 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND...AND 15 MILES WEST OF KEARNEY.
THESE STORMS ALSO CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...AND OCCASIONAL PEA
TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF STORMS AND SHOWERS WHICH
COVERED MUCH OF A 100 MILE WIDE AREA CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...AND 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YANKTON SOUTH
DAKOTA.  MOST OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONCENTRATED IN
CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO LOCATED JUST EAST
OF OMAHA.

THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN
HOUR.  THE AREA OVER WHICH THIS PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING WAS
DRIFTING SLOWLY EASTWARD.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FOR THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.

THE COPIOUS RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE EXISTING
FLOOD PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA.  PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL
MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.

VALONE

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-270845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
454 AM CDT MON JUL 26 1993

...FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER REPUBLICAN...LITTLE BLUE
   ...AND WOOD RIVERS...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR AREAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL
   NEBRASKA SOUTH OF HOLDREGE...HASTINGS...AND GENEVA...

AT 435 AM CDT...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAIN OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER A 5 MILE
WIDE BAND EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF GRAND ISLAND...TO 5 MILES
NORTH OF HASTINGS.  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN WERE
SCATTERED NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS...TO 40
MILES WEST OF GRAND ISLAND.  THESE STORMS EXTENDED NORTHEAST TO NEAR
COLUMBUS.

THESE STORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF STORMS AND SHOWERS WHICH
COVERED MUCH OF A 80 TO 90 MILE WIDE AREA CENTERED ALONG A LINE FROM
HOLDREGE...TO MIDWAY BETWEEN SIOUX CITY IOWA AND YANKTON SOUTH
DAKOTA.  THIS AREA HAS MOVED VERY LITTLE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS
AS STRONG STORMS CONTINUE TO DUMP COPIOUS RAINFALL ON CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.  COUNTIES IN THE WOOD RIVER BASIN WHICH INCLUDE BUFFALO
AND HALL HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL SINCE LAST EVENING.  THIS
WILL RESULT IN FURTHER...MORE SERIOUS FLOODING OF THE WOOD RIVER IN
THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.

THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN
HOUR.  THE AREA OVER WHICH THIS PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING WAS
DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL...AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH
THE SUNRISE HOURS.

THE COPIOUS RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE EXISTING
FLOOD PROBLEMS ACROSS THE AREA.  PERSONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...PARTICULARLY THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS...ARE ADVISED TO
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.

VALONE

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-261230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
625 AM CDT MON JUL 26 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 615 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE LOCATED NEAR EDISON...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEARNEY AND NEAR
STOCKVILLE...40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE.  THESE STORMS LIKELY
CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.  PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO BROADCASTS...OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION.

STOPPKOTTE

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-261230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
625 AM CDT MON JUL 26 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 615 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  THE STRONGEST STORMS
WERE LOCATED NEAR EDISON...OR 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KEARNEY AND NEAR
STOCKVILLE...40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NORTH PLATTE.  THESE STORMS LIKELY
CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.  PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO BROADCASTS...OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER SITUATION.

STOPPKOTTE

NEZ008-013>015-017>019-261245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND N
645 AM CDT MON JUL 26 1993

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 630 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA FROM MCCOOK TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCCOOK.
ALSO...15 MILES WEST OF HOLDREGE NEAR ARAPAHOE AND EDISON.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS
...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE EAST INTO GOSPER...NORTHERN
FURNAS...AND WESTERN PHELPS COUNTIES BY 730 AM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL AND MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.  THEY WERE
WEST OF A LINE FROM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF O'NEIL...TO 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF KEARNEY...TO THE STATE LINE 20 MILES SOUTH OF HOLDREGE.
.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

DAS

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

DAS