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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 248, NWS Hastings, NE

September 27, 2013Buffalo County, Dawson County, Sherman County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 27, 2013, 10:15 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Dawson County, Sherman 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 27, 2013, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 2013, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Sherman 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 27, 6:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 6:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 27, 3:34 PM CDT, 6 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
334 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
281200-
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-
334 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PLATTE
RIVER...PRIMARILY WEST OF GRAND ISLAND. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST FLOOD WARNING PRODUCTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS
AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK EAST INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS BY DURING THE EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKLES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PLATTE
RIVER THROUGH MONDAY PRIMARILY WEST OF GRAND ISLAND. PLEASE REFER
TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNING PRODUCTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 27, 6:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 27, 9:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
912 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0613 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNW OXFORD            40.31N 99.66W
09/27/2013                   FURNAS             NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AN IRRIGATION PIVOT WAS BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY 34 NEAR
            ROAD 436. THIS WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER THAT CALLED WFO
            GOODLAND KANSAS AND WAS THEN RELAYED TO WFO HASTINGS
            NEBRASKA. THE TIME OF THE EVENT WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
            DATA.

&&

HEINLEIN
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 9:52 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
952 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013

NEZ060-072-280315-
DAWSON NE-GOSPER NE-
952 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN GOSPER AND EASTERN
DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1015 PM CDT...

AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR JOHNSON LAKE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON...
  SUMNER...
  EDDYVILLE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 229 AND 241.

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 4105 9969 4105 9943 4098 9942 4062 9976
      4072 9996
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 212DEG 49KT 4075 9979

HEINLEIN
Special weather statement, Sep 27, 9:59 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
959 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013

NEZ060-061-072>074-082-083-280345-
BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-HARLAN NE-KEARNEY NE-PHELPS
NE-
959 PM CDT FRI SEP 27 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PHELPS...NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY...
WESTERN HARLAN...EASTERN GOSPER...FURNAS...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 956 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LEXINGTON TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ARAPAHOE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
HENDLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  HOLDREGE...
  KEARNEY...

  BEAVER CITY...
  BERTRAND...
  OVERTON...
  ODESSA...
  FUNK...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 237 AND 272.

THESE STORMS 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 4036 9991 4076 9975 4094 9898 4054 9915
      4009 9938 4000 9979 3999 10007 4000 10010
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 253DEG 31KT 4070 9967 4039 9980
          4002 9999

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson23 min
Sep 27, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps46 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.