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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Apr 22, 2013, 9:21 AM CDT for Phillips 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2013, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2013, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
County Phillips County, KS
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</html>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 Apr 22, 5:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 5:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 911 AM CDT MON APR 22 2013 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 231200- 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- 911 AM CDT MON APR 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED...NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE ON THE STRONG SIDE...WITH SMALL HAIL POSSIBLE. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED WEST OF HIGHWAY 281. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE PLATTE RIVER. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR ROOKS...OSBORNE AND MITCHELL COUNTIES WHERE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING FOR ROOKS...OSBORNE AND MITCHELL COUNTIES. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE NO SEVERE STORMS WILL OCCUR...SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY...PRIMARILY FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND LOCATIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 6. .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)
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Special weather statement, Apr 22, 8:32 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
921 AM CDT MON APR 22 2013
KSZ005-017-221445-
PHILLIPS KS-ROOKS KS-
921 AM CDT MON APR 22 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS AND
NORTHWESTERN ROOKS COUNTIES UNTIL 945 AM CDT...
AT 919 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF LOGAN...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF
HILL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
LOGAN...
SPEED...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
LAT...LON 3956 9961 3957 9964 3972 9963 3981 9954
3951 9926 3942 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 238DEG 21KT 3954 9961
BRYANTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 43 min |
| Apr 21, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Sherman | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phelps | 43 min |
| Apr 21, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Kearney | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Gosper | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 4:12 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks | 29 hr |
| Apr 22, 9:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 10:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 48 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.