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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Hastings, NE

April 5, 2005Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 2005, 5:55 PM CDT for Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 50 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
Apr 5, 2005, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Phillips County, KS, Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 5, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

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 Apr 5, 3:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 4:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
420 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0403 PM     TORNADO          1 W ALTON               39.47N 98.97W
04/05/2005                   OSBORNE            KS   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CIRCULATION REPORTED ON THE GROUND

&&

LAWRENCE
Local storm report, Apr 5, 4:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
425 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0425 PM     TORNADO          2 NE STOCKTON           39.46N 99.24W
04/05/2005                   ROOKS              KS   COUNTY OFFICIAL

&&

LAWRENCE
Local storm report, Apr 5, 4:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
426 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0426 PM     HAIL             3 NE ALTON              39.50N 98.91W
04/05/2005  1.00 INCH        OSBORNE            KS   AMATEUR RADIO

            JUST INSIDE THE COUNTY LINE.

&&

LAWRENCE
Local storm report, Apr 5, 4:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
432 PM CDT TUE APR 05 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0432 PM     HAIL             2 N ALTON               39.50N 98.95W
04/05/2005  1.75 INCH        OSBORNE            KS   PUBLIC

&&

LAWRENCE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDRooks39 min
Apr 5, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne30 min
Apr 5, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne47 min
Apr 5, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell47 min
Apr 5, 6:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDPhillips6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.