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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2012, 8:08 PM CDT for Nance County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2012, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
County Nance County, NE
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</html>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 3, 7:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 3, 7:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 703 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 .UPDATE...UPDATED THE FORECAST FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EXPAND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES/GREATER SKY COVER A BIT FARTHER WEST BASED ON RECENT CONVECTION. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 700 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012/ AVIATION...KGRI TAF. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE TERMINAL ALONG A NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY...AND SHOULD WANE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. VFR CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED...BUT SOME REDUCED VISIBILITY IS INDICATED LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING FROM SOME MODEL SOLUTIONS...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW ENOUGH TO KEEP OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR NOW. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 332 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012/ SHORT TERM...THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY. MORNING UPPER AIR ANALYSIS INDICATES QUASI-ZONAL FLOW PERSISTING ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL CONUS...WITH A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE NORTHWESTERN CONUS. MID AND UPPER LEVEL JET ENERGY REMAINS RELEGATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF OUR CWA FOR THE MOST PART. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS INCREASED VALUES OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN CONUS FROM THE PACIFIC...WITH SOME OF THIS MOISTURE ALSO WORKING INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A DECAYING STRATUS DECK OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF OUR CWA...WITH AN EXPANSIVE CU FIELD OVERTAKING THIS SAME AREA. AT THE SURFACE AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS SITUATED OVER CENTRAL KANSAS...WITH A TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING NORTH/NORTHEAST FROM THE LOW INTO PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LOCATIONS NEAR AND EAST/SOUTHEAST OF THIS SURFACE TROUGH ARE OBSERVING SURFACE DEW POINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...WITH DEW POINTS GENERALLY IN THE 50S THROUGH LOCATIONS FARTHER WEST/NORTHWEST. IN ADDITION TO THE SURFACE TROUGH...THE STRATUS DECK FROM EARLIER TODAY HAS ALSO CREATED A DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY FROM JUST EAST OF KHDE...TO NEAR KHSI AND KAUH. THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC SETUP ACROSS OUR CWA IS VERY SIMILAR TO YESTERDAYS SETUP...WITH THE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO DAYS BEING AFTERNOON SURFACE TEMPERATURES. STRATUS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA REALLY BUT A HOLD ON TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN ONE-HALF OF THE CWA...WITH TEMPERATURES AS OF 19Z JUST NOW STRUGGLING INTO THE LOWER 70S THROUGH SOME LOCATION. LOCATIONS FARTHER NORTHWEST HOWEVER CLIMBED AS EXPECTED WITH TEMPERATURES NOW IN THE LOW 80S. ALL THAT BEING SAID...WITH THE STRATUS DECK DETERIORATING THERE STILL REMAINS SEVERAL HOURS FOR POTENTIAL DIABATIC HEATING WHICH COULD RESULT IN AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE 80S FOR MOST ALL OF THE CWA. LARGE-SCALE ASCENT IS SEVERELY LACKING DUE TO THE FACT MID AND UPPER LEVEL JET ENERGY REMAINS RELEGATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF OUR AREA. THIS MEANS CONVECTIVE INITIATION ACROSS OUR AREA WILL REMAIN HEAVILY DEPENDENT UPON DIABATIC HEATING...AS WELL AS LOCALLY ENHANCED AREAS OF LOW LEVEL FORCING NEAR CONVERGENCE ZONES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURFACE TROUGH AND DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY. THE NAM...OPERATIONAL GFS AND EC ALL SUGGEST 0-1KM MLCAPE VALUES OF 2000-3000J/KG WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS THE EAST/SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE CWA...WITHIN THE AXIS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PLUME...AT 00Z THIS EVENING. SPC MESO-ANALYSIS SUGGESTS MLCAPE VALUES WITHIN THE LOWEST 100MB HAVE ALREADY CLIMBED TO BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500J/KG ACROSS OUR SOUTHEASTERN CWA...SO FORECAST DATA SEEM RIGHT ON WITH RESPECT TO INSTABILITY. IN ADDITION...THE NAM...OPERATIONAL GFS AND EC ALSO SUGGEST DEEP LAYER BULK SHEAR VALUES ON THE ORDER OF 30KTS WILL BE PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH IS NOT TREMENDOUS BUT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT ROTATING UPDRAFTS. A CAPPING INVERSION SHOULD KEEP MOST OF THE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AT BAY THROUGH AT LEAST 22Z...ESPECIALLY WITH THE LACK IN BROAD-SCALE ASCENT. AS DIABATIC HEATING CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING HOWEVER...IT IS CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE REALM OF POSSIBILITIES THAT WE COULD SEE ISOLATED TO PERHAPS SCATTERED CONVECTION ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CWA...WITH THIS ACTIVITY ALSO HAVING THE CAPABILITY TO TURN SEVERE DUE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED INSTABILITY AND SHEAR. GIVEN ALL THIS...WENT AHEAD AND OUTLOOKED ROUGHLY THE SOUTHEASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE CWA FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRIMARILY FOR THOSE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PLUME AND NEAR SURFACE BOUNDARIES. CERTAINLY LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH SUCH ROBUST UPDRAFTS...ALONG WITH STRAIGHT-LINE WIND GUSTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH OUTFLOW. IN ADDITION...WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE SURFACE TROUGH...AND THE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING BOUNDARY...AREAS OF LOCALLY ENHANCED HORIZONTAL VORTICITY WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTIVE OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. WITH BROAD-SCALE ASCENT REMAINING VERY WEAK AND LITTLE IN THE WAY OF LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPMENT ACROSS OUR AREA OVERNIGHT...ANY CONVECTION THAT DOES DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 06Z TONIGHT. QUIET CONDITIONS SHOULD THEN PRESENT THEMSELVES TO THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST LATE-AFTERNOON FRIDAY. THE NAM...OPERATIONAL GFS AND EC ALL SUGGEST A SURFACE WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...WITH PERHAPS ENOUGH LOW LEVEL FORCING FOR LATE AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS OUR NORTH/NORTHWESTERN CWA. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE VALUES WILL SHOULD REMAIN HIGH ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA FRIDAY WITH SURFACE DEW POINTS CLIMBING INTO THE 60S THROUGH MOST LOCATIONS. THIS WILL HELP PROMOTE ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF INCREASED INSTABILITY AND THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER...PRIMARILY ACROSS OR NORTH/NORTHWEST IN THE VICINITY OF THE SURFACE WARM FRONT. LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS LIE WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES. SEE YET ANOTHER CHANCE FOR OVERNIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE CWA...MAINLY THE NORTHERN HALF. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT SHOWING PRETTY WEAK UPPER LEVEL RIDGING CENTERED OVER THE SRN CONUS OVERNIGHT...WITH ANOTHER WEAK MID/UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION. SIMILARITIES REMAIN AS FAR AS THE SFC PATTERN GOES...AND EXPECTING TO SEE LOW PRESSURE SET UP OVER WRN KS...WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING NORTHEAST THROUGH WRN/CENTRAL NEB. HAVENT NECESSARILY NEEDED THE STRONGEST FORCING TO GET THUNDERSTORMS GOING...AND EVEN WITH A WEAK DISTURBANCE ALONG WITH THE SFC BOUNDARY...EXPECTING THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. BETTER CHANCES CONTINUE TO LIE ACROSS THE NRN HALF OF THE CWA WITH SOUTHERN AREAS LOOKING TO REMAIN CAPPED BY WARMER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES...AND KEPT THE HIGHER POPS GOING THERE. PLENTY OF INSTABILITY IN THE AREA...WITH THE MAIN AXIS AFFECTING OUR SC NEB COUNTIES...AND WITH DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES IN THE 25-40KT RANGE...POTENTIAL FOR STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS IN PLACE. LOOKING TO SATURDAY...DID NOT MAKE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST...WITH THE MAJORITY OF /IF NOT ALL/ THE CWA EXPECTED TO BE DRY. FRIDAY NIGHT ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO HAVE SHOVED OFF TO THE EAST...LEAVING THE CWA IN A BIT OF A LULL AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. MODELS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT IN THE UPPER LEVELS...SHOWING A STRONGER SYSTEM TAKING AIM ON THE PLAINS...WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SETTING UP OVER THE MONTANA/CANADIAN BORDER SATURDAY MORNING. THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS...THIS LOW /AND ACCOMPANYING TROUGH AXIS EXTENDING SOUTH THROUGH THE ROCKIES/ WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EAST. THE MAIN REASON NO BIG CHANGES WERE MADE IS THAT MODELS SHOW A MORE NOTABLE SPREAD IN SOLUTIONS AS WE GET LATER IN THE DAY AND THROUGH EVENING/OVERNIGHT HOURS. A STRONGER SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL ACCOMPANY THE PASSAGE OF THIS SYSTEM...AND KEPT THE LOW POPS GOING IN THE WEST FOR LATER IN THE DAY SATURDAY...IN CASE THE FASTER SOLUTION /NAM/ VERIFIES...COULD SEE A BIT OF PRECIPITATION START CREEPING IN. THESE DIFFERENCES BECOME EVEN MORE NOTICEABLE BY 06Z...WHEN THE 12Z NAM/09Z SREF IS SHOWING THE FRONT BASICALLY 2/3RD OF THE WAY THROUGH THE CWA...WITH THE 12Z GFS/00Z ECMWF IS BARELY INTO THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER. THAT CONTINUES AT 12Z WHEN THE FASTER SOLUTIONS HAVE CLEARED THE CWA...WITH THE SLOWER SOLUTIONS ABOUT 1/2-2/3RDS THE WAY THROUGH. LIKE FRIDAY NIGHT...THE BETTER POPS ARE CONFINED TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA...WITH MODELS AGAIN SHOWING WARMER MID LEVEL TEMPS KEEPING THINGS CAPPED FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE NIGHT. CONCERN FOR STRONG/SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS IN PLACE...WE SEE A STRONGER SRLY LLJ DEVELOP...DECENT DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS IN PLACE...AND MODELS AGAIN SHOWING INCREASED INSTABILITY NOSING FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST. SHOULD BE ANOTHER WARM DAY...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS BUMPED UP FEW DEGREES INTO THE MID 80S TO MID 90S...BUT WONT BE TOTALLY SURPRISED IF ADDITIONAL UPWARD TRENDING IS NEEDED. DO KEEP POPS GOING INTO THE DAY ON SUNDAY...WITH THE BETTER CHANCES SHIFTING TO THE ERN HALF OF THE CWA...BUT AGAIN CONFIDENCE IN LOW BECAUSE OF THE TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODELS. THESE DIFFERENCES WITH THE TIMING OF THE FRONT IS MAKING THINGS PRETTY DIFFICULT FOR FIGURING OUT SUNDAY...IF THE FASTER SOLUTION VERIFIES...IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER AND PRETTY WINDY...THE SLOWER SOLUTION NOT SO MUCH. AT THIS POINT AM KEEPING THINGS A BLEND...BUT DID TREND WINDS UP AND HIGHS DOWN JUST A TOUCH. AHEAD TO DAYS 4-7...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WHILE THERE ARE PRECIPITATION CHANCES DURING THIS TIME FRAME...THEY ARE NOT IN EVERY POP LIKE IN THE FIRST PORTION OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. MODELS NOT IN TOO BAD OF AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN...WHICH SHOWS THE CWA PRIMARILY IMPACTED BY THE TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...WHICH IS MAKING SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESS ALONG THE US/CAN BORDER. EXPECTING DRY CONDITIONS SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY...WITH SMALL POPS RETURNING TO THE CWA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE TROUGH AXIS SWINGS INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. KEPT PTYPE AS SHOWER TO ISOLATED THUNDER...WITH MAIN INSTABILITY WELL SOUTH OF THE CWA...BUT CANT COMPLETELY RULE OUT A RUMBLE OF THUNDER OR TWO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THE FORECAST IS DRY...WITH MODELS SHOWING SHARPER NORTHWESTERLY FLOW/SLIGHT RIDGING DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA IN THE UPPER LEVELS AS A CUT OFF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SETS UP OVER THE DESERT SW AND THE ABOVE MENTIONED TROUGH DIGS FURTHER SOUTH AS IT MAKES ITS WAY TO THE EAST COAST. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO...BETWEEN THE WEEKEND COLD FRONT AND ANOTHER FRONT ACCOMPANYING THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS PASSAGE MON NIGHT/TUESDAY...HIGHS MONDAY AND TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN THE 60S TO PERHAPS LOW 70S. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY START TO SEE A RETURN OF WARMER TEMPS TO THE REGION...AND HIGHS BOUNCING BACK INTO THE MID 70S. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. && UPDATE/AVIATION...HEINLEIN SHORT...BRYANT LONG...ADO
Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 5:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 517 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 041200- 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- 517 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THROUGH MIDNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA PRIMARILY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BEAVER CITY...TO KEARNEY...TO WOLBACH. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ALL BEING POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO PROMOTE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...PRIMARILY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM LEXINGTON TO GENOA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE. FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY WILL BRING CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO THE OUTLOOK AREA. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FRIDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE HAIL NEAR THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH. TUESDAY WILL SEE THE RETURN OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA...HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BEAVER CITY...TO KEARNEY...TO WOLBACH. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) HEINLEIN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 3, 6:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
633 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012
NEZ047-040000-
HOWARD NE-
633 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HOWARD COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DANNEBROG...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND
ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
FARWELL...
ST. PAUL...
ELBA...
CUSHING...
COTESFIELD...
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 4112 9829 4104 9846 4106 9874 4133 9875
4140 9874 4139 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 207DEG 5KT 4114 9851
GUERREROSpecial weather statement, May 3, 6:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
656 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012
NEZ041-040045-
NANCE NE-
656 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN NANCE COUNTY UNTIL
745 PM CDT...
AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PALMER...OR 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
FULLERTON...
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 4140 9792 4130 9795 4129 9797 4129 9805
4128 9805 4128 9810 4127 9810 4127 9827
4139 9827
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 204DEG 3KT 4132 9813
HEINLEINSpecial weather statement, May 3, 7:32 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
732 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012
NEZ047-040115-
HOWARD NE-
732 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY UNTIL
815 PM CDT...
AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOELUS...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND
ISLAND. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BOELUS...
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.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
LAT...LON 4105 9853 4104 9858 4105 9874 4121 9874
4121 9857
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 081DEG 1KT 4111 9867
HEINLEINLocal storm report, May 3, 7:46 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 39 min |
| May 3, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard | 43 min |
| May 3, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard | 39 min |
| May 3, 7:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard | 49 min |
| May 4, 2:40 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 16 more | 7 hr |
| May 4, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Greeley | 30 min |
| May 4, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 49 min |
| May 4, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Greeley | 37 min |
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