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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Hastings, NE

March 18, 200624 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this winter storm warning at Mar 18, 2006, 3:30 PM CST for 24 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Mar 18, 2006, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 55 hr. 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 18, 2006, 3:30 PM CST (21:30 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 21, 2006, 12:53 AM CST
In force: 55 hr
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE

All 30 counties

Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 18, 2:38 PM CST, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 2:38 PM CST, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 5:47 AM CST, 9 hours 43 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 18, 3:30 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	GID	Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster	21 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Nebraska, 2006 Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2006 Every winter storm warning in 2006

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.