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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT for Howard County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1994, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Howard 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, May 5, 6:40 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 640 PM CDT THU MAY 05 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 635 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ONE STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR ST LIBORY...WHILE ANOTHER WAS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR PALMER. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE TOWNS OF CENTRAL CITY AND CHAPMAN...OR TO THE NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND. NIETFELD
Special weather statement, May 5, 6:42 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 640 PM CDT THU MAY 05 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 635 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ONE STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR ST LIBORY...WHILE ANOTHER WAS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR PALMER. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE TOWNS OF CENTRAL CITY AND CHAPMAN...OR TO THE NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND. NIETFELD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 34 min |
| May 5, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 55 min |
| May 5, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore | 56 min |
| May 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay, York | 44 min |
| May 5, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 44 min |
| May 5, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, York | 47 min |
| May 5, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore | 52 min |
| May 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 32 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.