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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2013, 1:36 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2013, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Jul 19, 3:56 PM CDT, 21 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 3:56 PM CDT, 21 hours 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 3:02 PM CDT, 22 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 302 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 202015- 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- 302 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM INTERSTATE 80 DOWN INTO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS THREAT WILL END AROUND SUNSET. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE INTO AREAS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 92 AFTER 2 AM. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES...AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. NO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE ARE MULTIPLE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OR PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA...BEGINNING SATURDAY BEFORE NOON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THESE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE FAIRLY SMALL AND UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS TIME FRAME ALSO APPEARS TO FEATURE THE GREATEST LIKELIHOOD OF A FEW STORMS BECOMING SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IN ADDITION...AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE FORECAST TO APPROACH 100 DEGREES ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) HALBLAUB/SAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 1:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 31 min |
| Jul 20, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 46 min |
| Jul 20, 3:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 26 min |
| Jul 20, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 28 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.