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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 334, NWS Hastings, NE

July 9, 2008Adams County, Clay County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2008, 6:51 PM CDT for Adams County, Clay County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 9, 2008, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2008, 7:23 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE

The radar

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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 Jul 9, 6:08 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 6:08 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 3:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
325 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
101200-
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-
325 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.  THE STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF
60 MPH.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESSIVE OF TWO INCHES IS ALSO
POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY CAUSE AREAS OF FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...AS A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES
THROUGH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND
NORTH OF AN ELWOOD NEBRASKA TO SUPERIOR NEBRASKA LINE.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:05 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 6:31 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
631 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

NEZ062-063-075-076-100000-
ADAMS-CLAY-HALL-HAMILTON-
631 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2008

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

  NORTHEASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  SOUTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  SOUTHWESTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

AT 629 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HANSEN...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF HASTINGS...AND
MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TRUMBULL BY 640 PM CDT
  INLAND BY 645 PM CDT

DIME SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk32 min
Jul 9, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork54 min
Jul 9, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Nance, Polk42 min
Jul 9, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, York64 min
Jul 9, 2:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDMerrick, Polk6 hr
Jul 9, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick, Polk48 min
Jul 9, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York52 min
Jul 9, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York49 min
Jul 9, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York58 min
Jul 9, 3:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFillmore, Hamilton, Polk, York4 hr
Jul 9, 4:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFillmore, Hamilton, York6 hr
Jul 9, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York65 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.