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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Hastings, NE

May 5, 2007Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2007, 12:36 AM CDT for Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2007, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2007, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Phelps County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 5, 12:47 AM CDTHAIL 16 S Holdrege, NEQUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG HARLAN COUNTY AND PHELPS COUNTY LINE ALONG HIGHWAY 183.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 7:26 PM CDTTornado 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 May 4, 2:41 PM CDT, 9 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:41 PM CDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 6:22 PM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 12:25 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 5, 12:28 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1228 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

NEZ075-050600-
ADAMS-
1228 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR ADAMS COUNTY...

AT 1224 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BLUE HILL...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF
HASTINGS...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AYR BY 1235 AM CDT
  HASTINGS BY 100 AM CDT

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

JCB
Local storm report, May 5, 12:31 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1231 AM CDT SAT MAY 05 2007

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

1228 AM     HAIL             EDISON                  40.28N 99.78W
05/05/2007  E0.88 INCH       FURNAS             NE   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

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Special weather statement, May 5, 12:31 AM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1231 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

NEZ072-082-050615-
FURNAS-GOSPER-
1231 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR NORTHEASTERN FURNAS AND SOUTHEASTERN GOSPER
COUNTIES...

AT 1229 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR EDISON...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HOLDREGE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN FURNAS COUNTY BY 1240 AM CDT
  RURAL EASTERN GOSPER COUNTY BY 1250 AM CDT

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

AWJ
Local storm report, May 5, 12:32 AM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 5, 12:36 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan39 min
May 4, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin60 min
May 4, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster47 min
May 4, 10:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin59 min
May 4, 10:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFranklin6 hr
May 4, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster55 min
May 4, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin34 min
May 4, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster62 min
May 4, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo7 min
May 4, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Phelps57 min
May 5, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan28 min
May 5, 12:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDWebster6 hr
May 5, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper, Phelps54 min
May 5, 12:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay66 min
May 5, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney23 min
May 5, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson40 min
May 5, 1:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan36 min
May 5, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Hamilton, York54 min
May 5, 1:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan59 min
May 5, 1:49 AM CDTWind AdvisoryGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 11 more17 hr
May 5, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Kearney30 min
May 5, 4:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFranklin6 hr
May 5, 7:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo30 min
May 5, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance23 min
May 5, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley33 min
May 5, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson16 min
May 5, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Hamilton38 min
May 5, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson14 min
May 5, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls40 min
May 5, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer47 min
May 5, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster29 min
May 5, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer31 min
May 5, 4:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York53 min
May 4, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith50 min
May 4, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDOsborne23 min
May 4, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDSmith34 min
May 4, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith49 min
May 4, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith46 min
May 4, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks42 min
May 4, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips66 min
May 4, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith42 min
May 4, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne20 min
May 4, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips61 min
May 4, 11:13 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhillips, Smith27 min
May 4, 11:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhillips30 min
May 4, 11:49 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDSmith25 min
May 5, 1:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith57 min
May 5, 4:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell38 min
May 5, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith61 min
May 5, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne31 min
May 5, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDOsborne, Smith37 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.