Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1996, 5:36 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 1996, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1996, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hamilton County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 4, 2:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 2:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-050500- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 329 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 1996 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND FOR A PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTION...IT IS EXPECTED SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. SYNOPSIS... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBARSKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. AT 315 PM...A TORNADO WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NEARLY ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL 800 PM. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S...AND SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S HAVE COMBINED TO FORM A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE REGION. ONE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM CENTRAL CITY NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE QUICKLY NORTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH AND EAST OF THAT LINE WILL LIKELY OCCUR AFTER 500 PM. BY THIS EVENING...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH NORTH INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL TEAM WITH INCREASING LIFT IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE AND TRIGGER NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. WIND PROFILES AND THE HIGH INSTABILITY WILL HELP PRODUCE AN ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. EVEN THOUGH THE INITIAL TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER TO CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT OVER THE AREA. ( ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS POTENT WEATHER SITUATION BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION. LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS. MORITZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Nance | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick, Nance | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick, Polk | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.