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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

August 2, 2013Harlan County, Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2013, 12:38 AM CDT for Harlan County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 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: Aug 2, 2013, 12:38 AM CDT (05:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2013, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Harlan County, NE, Phelps County, NE

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The text

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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 Aug 2, 12:29 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 12:29 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 2:24 PM CDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
224 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
021200-
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-
224 PM CDT THU AUG 1 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH
HAIL TO AROUND THE SIZE OF A BASEBALL...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO
AROUND 70 MPH...AND TORNADOES ALL BEING POSSIBLE. ALTHOUGH LARGE
HAIL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA...THE PRIMARY TORNADO THREAT WILL REMAIN
RELEGATED TO LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA GENERALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO
SEVERE...WITH HAIL TO AROUND THE SIZE OF A GOLF BALL AND
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH BEING THE PRIMARY SEVERE
WEATHER THREATS.

SATURDAY AND BEYOND...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EVERY DAY
ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...HOWEVER AT THIS TIME
THERE IS NOT ONE DAY THAT STANDS OUT AS HAVING A GREATER RISK FOR
SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.

&&

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

BRYANT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 2, 12:09 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 2, 12:13 AM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 2, 12:16 AM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:20 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:26 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:38 AM 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
Aug 1, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance	43 min
Aug 1, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	41 min
Aug 1, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Valley	44 min
Aug 1, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Valley	41 min
Aug 1, 7:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	37 min
Aug 1, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley	45 min
Aug 1, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	26 min
Aug 1, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Howard, Sherman	48 min
Aug 1, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	28 min
Aug 1, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton, Merrick	49 min
Aug 1, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Howard	39 min
Aug 1, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	48 min
Aug 1, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton	39 min
Aug 1, 9:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Dawson	34 min
Aug 1, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	47 min
Aug 1, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay	49 min
Aug 1, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Nuckolls, Thayer	39 min
Aug 1, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper	47 min
Aug 1, 10:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Dawson	6 hr
Aug 1, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	28 min
Aug 1, 11:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	25 min
Aug 2, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phelps	30 min
Aug 2, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Kearney	25 min
Aug 2, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	34 min
Aug 2, 1:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	27 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.