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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

October 3, 2012Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Oct 3, 2012, 9:47 PM CDT for Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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
Oct 3, 2012, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2012, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

County Webster County, NE

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Oct 3, 8:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 8:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 8:48 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
848 PM CDT WED OCT 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-
848 PM CDT WED OCT 3 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED...NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT FOR
LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ARAPAHOE TO OSCEOLA NEBRASKA...AND
INCLUDES NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES TONIGHT FOLLOWING
THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

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

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. TEMPERATURES MAY FALL BELOW FREEZING FRIDAY NIGHT...BUT
WILL BE EVEN MORE LIKELY OF FALLING BELOW FREEZING SATURDAY NIGHT. A
KILLING FREEZE IS BECOMING MORE LIKELY FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WOULD MARK THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON FOR
MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 3, 9:19 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 3, 9:47 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
947 PM CDT WED OCT 3 2012

NEZ084-085-040315-
FRANKLIN NE-WEBSTER NE-
947 PM CDT WED OCT 3 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WEBSTER AND EASTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...

AT 945 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIVERTON...OR 38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HASTINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  INAVALE...
  RED CLOUD...
  COWLES...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

LAT...LON 4020 9836 4000 9837 4002 9882 4021 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 276DEG 22KT 4011 9872

FAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 9:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin26 min
Oct 4, 2:40 PM CDTFrost AdvisoryGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 13 more19 hr
Oct 4, 2:40 PM CDTFreeze WatchGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 16 more25 hr
Oct 4, 3:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell23 min
Oct 4, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell30 min
Oct 4, 4:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell28 min
Oct 4, 2:40 PM CDTFreeze WatchGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith37 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Nebraska, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.