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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Hastings, NE

May 5, 2009Furnas County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2009, 8:33 PM CDT for Furnas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 5, 2009, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Furnas County, NE

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NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 5, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 6:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 3:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 4:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
447 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009

NEZ060-052215-
DAWSON-
447 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009

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

  WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLOW ISLAND...OR 23
MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WILLOW ISLAND BY 510 PM CDT
  COZAD BY 515 PM CDT

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 213 AND 233.

PENNY TO NICKEL 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.

LAT...LON 4077 10022 4089 10022 4102 9980 4077 9975
      4069 10021 4070 10022 4076 10022
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 252DEG 17KT 4080 10017

Special weather statement, May 5, 5:09 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
509 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009

NEZ060-052245-
DAWSON-
509 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009

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

  CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEXINGTON.

AT 508 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF EUSTIS...OR 15 MILES WEST OF
LEXINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LEXINGTON BY 545 PM CDT

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 222 AND 242.

PENNY TO NICKEL 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.

LAT...LON 4083 10016 4090 9970 4070 9965 4070 9996
      4069 9999 4069 10014
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 261DEG 18KT 4075 10002

Local storm report, May 5, 5:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
555 PM CDT TUE MAY 05 2009

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

0545 PM     HAIL             JOHNSON LAKE            40.68N 99.85W
05/05/2009  E0.25 INCH       GOSPER             NE   PUBLIC

            ESTIMATE OF FROM 0.50 TO 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE
            NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE LAKE

&&

NWS

Local storm report, May 5, 6:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 6:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 6:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 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
May 5, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas	45 min
May 6, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	27 min
May 6, 4:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	31 min
May 6, 5:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	9 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.