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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Hastings, NE

March 30, 2006Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 2006, 12:31 PM CST for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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: Mar 30, 2006, 12:31 PM CST (18:31 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2006, 1:08 PM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jewell County, KS

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 30, 8:42 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 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 Mar 30, 3:32 AM CST, 8 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 3:32 AM CST, 8 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 9:07 AM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
907 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
311200-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
907 AM CST THU MAR 30 2006

...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...ARE LIKELY TODAY ACROSS ALL OF
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR THE FORECAST AREA...AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP TODAY...HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE...AS THEY RAPIDLY MOVE NORTH
AND NORTHEAST AT SPEEDS UP TO 40 MPH.

AGAIN...SEVERE WEATHER IS LIKELY TODAY...WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD END BY EARLY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...AND AGAIN
NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME...BUT THE FORECAST WILL BE
MONITORED AND UPDATED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. ANY THUNDERSTORM IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH 6 PM.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 30, 11:43 AM CST, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 12:02 PM CST, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 12:07 PM CST, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 12:10 PM CST, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 12:16 PM CST, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 30, 12:28 PM CST, 3 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
Mar 30, 6:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	39 min
Mar 30, 9:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	13 min
Mar 30, 10:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	27 min
Mar 30, 11:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Kearney	36 min
Mar 30, 12:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	35 min
Mar 30, 12:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams	39 min
Mar 30, 1:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	19 min
Mar 30, 1:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nance	35 min
Mar 30, 1:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Polk, York	48 min
Mar 30, 2:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Webster	59 min
Mar 30, 3:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams	29 min
Mar 30, 3:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Nuckolls	50 min
Mar 30, 4:00 AM CST	Wind Advisory	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne	8 hr
Mar 30, 5:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	19 min
Mar 30, 5:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	43 min
Mar 30, 6:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	21 min
Mar 30, 11:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips	36 min
Mar 30, 11:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	38 min
Mar 30, 11:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	24 min
Mar 30, 12:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.