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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Hastings, NE

August 5, 1995Sherman County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1995, 1:25 PM CDT for Sherman County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 1995, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1995, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Sherman County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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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 5, 11:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-060500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1135 AM CDT FRI AUG 4 1995

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS COUNTIES

JEWELL        MITCHELL         OSBORNE
PHILLIPS      ROOKS            SMITH

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

SYNOPSIS: A MID LEVEL IMPULSE OF ENERGY IS EXPECTED TO SWING ACROSS
WESTERN AND CENTRAL 0KANSAS TONIGHT.  THIS COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF MOIST
AND UNSTABLE AIR COULD TRIGGER OFF SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

EWALD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley43 min
Aug 5, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo44 min
Aug 5, 2:23 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall47 min
Aug 5, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall50 min
Aug 5, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHall35 min
Aug 5, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick52 min
Aug 5, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

Sources

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