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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

October 13, 2012Franklin County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2012, 10:45 PM CDT for Franklin County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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 13, 2012, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2012, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE

County Franklin County, NE

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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 Oct 13, 7:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 7:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 8:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 13, 8:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 13, 8:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 13, 10:07 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1007 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

KSZ019-140330-
MITCHELL KS-
1007 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY
UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 1001 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HUNTER...OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HUNTER...
  VICTOR...

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

LAT...LON 3922 9849 3930 9849 3932 9821 3926 9820
      3922 9820 3921 9822
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 240DEG 9KT 3921 9845

WESELY

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 10:17 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1017 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

NEZ074-083-084-140345-
FRANKLIN NE-HARLAN NE-KEARNEY NE-
1017 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN KEARNEY...
NORTHEASTERN HARLAN AND NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM
CDT...

AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILCOX...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HOLDREGE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

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

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 4034 9925 4035 9923 4035 9919 4037 9917
      4039 9899 4013 9905 4013 9935
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 014DEG 17KT 4033 9913

WESELY

Special weather statement, Oct 13, 10:30 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 13, 10:45 PM CDT, 0 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
Oct 13, 8:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan, Phelps	46 min
Oct 13, 8:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	37 min
Oct 13, 10:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin	28 min
Oct 13, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	28 min
Oct 13, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	40 min
Oct 14, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore	30 min
Oct 14, 12:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	17 min
Oct 13, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	23 min
Oct 13, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	30 min
Oct 13, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	35 min
Oct 13, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell	26 min
Oct 13, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	32 min
Oct 13, 11:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Smith	17 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.