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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

May 20, 2011Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at May 20, 2011, 2:39 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
May 20, 2011, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

County Osborne County, KS

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 20, 12:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 4:31 AM CDT, 10 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
431 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
211200-
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-
431 AM CDT FRI MAY 20 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. INCREASED CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND
SEVERE WEATHER EXIST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE MAJORITY
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...AHEAD OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...DAMAGING
WINDS OF 60 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH.

LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PHILLIPSBURG TO YORK HAVE ALREADY
EXPERIENCED WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND SOME FLOODING
CONDITIONS. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL ON THE ALREADY SATURATED
GROUND WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE FLOODING CONDITIONS.

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE REPUBLICAN
RIVER IN THE GUIDE ROCK AREA...AND FOR THE NORTH FORK OF THE
SOLOMON RIVER IN THE PORTIS AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO
SATURDAY EVENING FOR LOCATIONS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM GENEVA
NEBRASKA TO OSBORNE KANSAS AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES
THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL...50 TO 60 MPH WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

RIVER AND LOWLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FROM
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. RELEASES FROM KINGSLEY DAM ARE EXPECTED TO
CAUSE RISES ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER...AND THE PLATTE RIVER NEAR
COZAD IS BEING MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING NEXT WEEK.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO FORECAST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 8:39 AM CDT, 6 hours before
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Special weather statement, May 20, 2:39 PM 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 19, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore34 min
May 19, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams42 min
May 19, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDThayer23 min
May 19, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster45 min
May 19, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls30 min
May 19, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDClay30 min
May 19, 11:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDClay, Nuckolls, Webster104 min
May 19, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls29 min
May 19, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls24 min
May 20, 12:23 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls, Webster12 hr
May 20, 2:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDWebster12 hr
May 20, 2:42 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFillmore, Thayer8 hr
May 20, 9:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDNuckolls30 hr
May 20, 4:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDGreeley, Hall, Howard3 hr
May 20, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster28 min
May 20, 6:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDClay18 hr
May 19, 8:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne28 min
May 19, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith25 min
May 19, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Rooks39 min
May 19, 9:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith40 min
May 19, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks, Smith50 min
May 19, 9:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDOsborne, Smith3 hr
May 19, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith52 min
May 19, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell25 min
May 19, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell25 min
May 20, 12:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell33 min
May 20, 12:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDMitchell11 hr
May 20, 2:55 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDOsborne, Smith42 hr
May 20, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne39 min
May 20, 4:44 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDJewell, Osborne, Rooks, Smith18 hr

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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.