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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Hastings, NE

August 4, 1997Buffalo County, Hall County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1997, 6:22 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Hall County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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, 1997, 6:22 PM CDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 1997, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Whole counties

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Hall County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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, 2:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 2:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton	49 min
Aug 3, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay	54 min
Aug 3, 7:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams	38 min
Aug 3, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Hall	45 min
Aug 4, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	58 min
Aug 4, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams	52 min
Aug 4, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Howard	47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 1997 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.