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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Hastings, NE

July 20, 2013Smith County, Kansas

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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 1:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith27 min
Jul 20, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith31 min
Jul 20, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith46 min
Jul 20, 3:14 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDMitchell3 hr
Jul 20, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell26 min
Jul 20, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell28 min

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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.