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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Hastings, NE

February 28, 2012Hall County, Howard County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 28, 2012, 6:33 PM CST for Hall County, Howard 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

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2012, 6:33 PM CST (00:33 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2012, 7:15 PM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hall County, NE, Howard County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 28, 3:53 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 519 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 560 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

880 
WUUS53 KGID 290033
SVRGID
NEC079-093-290115-
/O.NEW.KGID.SV.W.0003.120229T0033Z-120229T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
633 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 630 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
  FROM DANNEBROG TO WOOD RIVER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
  PENNY SIZE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GRAND ISLAND...ALDA...DONIPHAN AND ST. LIBORY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 293 AND 317.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4070 9828 4070 9872 4104 9872 4129 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 223DEG 38KT 4112 9844 4081 9850
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN

$$

WESELY

2 follow-up statements

351 
WWUS53 KGID 290051
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
651 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

NEC079-093-290115-
/O.CON.KGID.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120229T0115Z/
HALL NE-HOWARD NE-
651 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
HOWARD AND NORTHERN HALL COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CST...

AT 649 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM PALMER TO GRAND ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD AND NORTHEASTERN
  HALL COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4088 9829 4076 9871 4085 9872 4087 9872
      4103 9851 4129 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 223DEG 38KT 4126 9827 4095 9833
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

WESELY

875 
WWUS53 KGID 290107
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
707 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

NEC079-093-290117-
/O.EXP.KGID.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120229T0115Z/
HALL NE-HOWARD NE-
707 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD AND
NORTHERN HALL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM CST...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4088 9829 4076 9871 4085 9872 4087 9872
      4103 9851 4129 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 223DEG 38KT 4138 9811 4107 9818

$$

ROSSI

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 Feb 28, 5:54 PM CST, 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 5:54 PM CST, 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
554 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

.UPDATE...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS. WILL ALLOW WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 526 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012/

AVIATION...00Z TAF. THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FOR A COUPLE
HOURS UNTIL THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE KGRI TERMINAL AREA. WINDS
WILL TURN TO THE WEST WITH THE FRONT BUT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FOR
A TIME BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY THROUGH
THE NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. BY AFTERNOON THE WINDS WILL START TO
DIMINISH GRADUALLY.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 401 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012/

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LATEST RADAR SHOWS
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOPED ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA THIS MORNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. SURFACE ANALYSIS HAS
THE SURFACE LOW IN NORTHEAST COLORADO. A WARM FRONT EXTENDS TO THE
EAST FROM THE LOW AND COLD FRONT TO THE SOUTH. SATELLITE HAS
CLEARING BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP
ALONG THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON THEN MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE EVENING...THEN BE OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. MOST
UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES ARE AROUND 750 TO 1000 J/KG DEPENDING ON THE
MODEL AND SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET THE THUNDERSTORMS GOING. THE SHEAR
IS STRONG ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING. LATE THIS EVENING THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MORE
RAIN AND AS COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA IN THE NORTHWEST THE RAIN
MAY MIX WITH SNOW.

BEHIND THIS SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT THE WINDS FROM THE WEST WILL
CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY. SKIES WILL CLEAR OUT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OFF
TO THE NORTHEAST. WINDS CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY BUT AS THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT LOOSENS DURING THE AFTERNOON WINDS WILL START TO DIMINISH.
MUCH DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE AREA BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AS WELL AND
WITH MIXING DOWN DRIER AIR HAVE KEPT THE DEW POINTS LOWER DURING THE
AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS AREA
FOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

BY THURSDAY MORNING...THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL PROGRESS
INTO THE COLORADO ROCKIES WHILE A LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGE WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE PLAINS. SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL RETURN TO THE PLAINS HELPING
INCREASE TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY. HOWEVER...AHEAD OF THE
SHORTWAVE...A SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL PUSH THROUGH THE WESTERN PORTION
OF THE  CWA BY AROUND NOON ON THURSDAY AND COMPLETELY THROUGH THE
CWA BY AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. WITH THIS INITIAL PUSH...A WIND
SHIFT TO WEST NORTHWEST CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS
ON THURSDAY.

THE MAIN SHORTWAVE WILL BEGIN TO SLIDE INTO THE REGION BEGINNING
THURSDAY NIGHT. BOTH THE GFS AND THE EC SUGGEST A PRECIPITATION BAND
WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP AFTER 0Z FRIDAY SETTING UP ACROSS SOUTHERN
NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN KANSAS. SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT IS ALSO PRESENT
AMONG BOTH MODELS OVER THE SAME AREA MAINLY THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY AND
THEN CONTINUES TO SHIFT EAST WITH THE MAIN WAVE ENERGY. BOTH MODELS
ALSO KEEP PRECIPITATION AROUND THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY. THERE REMAINS
SOME QUESTION AS TO PRECIPITATION TYPE. MODEL SOUNDINGS FROM BOTH
THE GFS AND THE EC SUGGEST SNOW. HOWEVER...WITH THE ONSET OF
PRECIPITATION AND ALSO TOWARDS THE END OF THE EVENT...TEMPERATURES
WILL LIKELY BE AT OR NEAR 40 DEGREES SUGGESTING THE POSSIBILITY FOR
A RAIN SNOW MIX AND OR JUST RAIN. THEREFORE...DECIDED TO LEAVE A
RAIN SNOW MIX IN THE FORECAST AND MENTION RAIN FOR THE SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE CWA TOWARDS THE END OF THE SYSTEM WHERE TEMPERATURES
CLIMB ABOVE 40.

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON THURSDAY...DECIDED TO
LOWER HIGH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY AS THE FRONT WILL LIKELY MOVE
THROUGH BEFORE THE MAIN HEATING OF THE DAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON
FRIDAY MAY ALSO NEED TO BE LOWERED SLIGHTLY WITH THE ONSET OF
PRECIPITATION DURING THE DAY.

BEHIND THE SYSTEM...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO BUILD BACK
INTO THE REGION BEGINNING ON SATURDAY AND WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. NO PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED AND WHILE FRIDAY WILL BE THE COOLEST DAY OF THE
PERIOD...EACH SUBSEQUENT DAY WILL LIKELY BE SLIGHTLY WARMER WITH
MONDAY THE WARMEST DAY OF THE PERIOD WITH SEVERAL SITES NEAR 60
DEGREES.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...NONE.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 4:24 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
424 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
291200-
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-
424 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PHILLIPS...ROOKS...SMITH...AND
OSBORNE COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY MESSAGE FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

ON WEDNESDAY...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS. WEST WINDS WITH SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 40
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
DURING THE AFTERNOON...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...ABOVE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND LOWER DEWPOINTS WILL RESULT IN AN
ELEVATED FIRE DANGER ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
SUMNER NEBRASKA TO BELOIT KANSAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 5:34 PM CST, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
534 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

NEZ040-047-282345-
GREELEY NE-HOWARD NE-
534 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN HOWARD AND EASTERN
GREELEY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CST...

AT 530 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELBA...OR 27 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF ORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WOLBACH...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4163 9828 4143 9829 4120 9851 4130 9871
      4168 9838
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 214DEG 44KT 4140 9848

WESELY

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 5:46 PM CST, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
546 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

NEZ040-047-290000-
GREELEY NE-HOWARD NE-
546 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HOWARD AND
SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CST...

AT 544 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOLBACH...OR 30 MILES NORTH
OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WOLBACH...

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4167 9831 4137 9829 4128 9849 4137 9861
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 229DEG 34KT 4136 9844

WESELY

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 6:00 PM CST, 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
600 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

KSZ007-290030-
JEWELL KS-
600 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR JEWELL COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CST...

AT 558 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JEWELL...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  RANDALL...
  MANKATO...
  BURR OAK...
  MONTROSE...
  FORMOSO...
  LOVEWELL STATE PARK...
  WEBBER...

LAT...LON 3957 9795 3957 9824 3966 9849 3999 9849
      4000 9793 3972 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 226DEG 59KT 3969 9819

GUERRERO

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 6:15 PM CST, 18 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
615 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

NEZ087-290100-
THAYER NE-
615 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN THAYER COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM CST...

AT 614 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
BELLEVILLE...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH. THIS STORM MAY CLIP SOUTHEASTERN THAYER COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT
45 MINUTES.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CHESTER...
  HUBBELL...
  GILEAD...

LAT...LON 4000 9772 4025 9737 4000 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 227DEG 37KT 3985 9757

GUERRERO

Local storm report, Feb 28, 6:17 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
617 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

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

0616 PM     HAIL             SUPERIOR                40.02N 98.07W
02/28/2012  E0.25 INCH       NUCKOLLS           NE   PUBLIC

            PEA SIZED HAIL

&&

SROSSI

Special weather statement, Feb 28, 6:19 PM CST, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
619 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

NEZ039-046-290045-
SHERMAN NE-VALLEY NE-
619 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR VALLEY AND SHERMAN COUNTIES UNTIL
645 PM CST...

AT 616 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COMSTOCK TO 7 MILES WEST OF LOUP CITY TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HAZARD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  ORD...
  ELYRIA...
  FORT HARTSUFF STATE PARK...
  LOUP CITY...
  ROCKVILLE...
  SHERMAN RESERVOIR DAM...
  ASHTON...
  NORTH LOUP...

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS... FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4175 9876 4139 9874 4105 9875 4104 9912
      4105 9912 4104 9915 4105 9917 4104 9918
      4105 9922 4128 9914 4174 9920
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 222DEG 54KT 4166 9911 4135 9905
          4110 9912

WESELY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 6:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps	31 min
Feb 28, 6:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	45 min
Feb 28, 6:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Sherman, Valley	26 min
Feb 28, 6:48 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	27 min
Feb 28, 7:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Merrick, Nance	27 min
Feb 28, 7:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	36 min
Feb 28, 7:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	23 min
Feb 28, 9:37 PM CST	Wind Advisory	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more	18 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.