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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Hastings, NE

August 21, 2014Polk County, York County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2014, 9:24 PM CDT for Polk County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 21, 2014, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2014, 9:53 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Polk County, NE, York County, NE

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NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 21, 7:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 7:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 21, 3:32 PM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
332 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
221200-
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-
332 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HEAT INDEX READINGS NEAR 100 DEGREES WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BEAVER
CITY...TO KEARNEY AND WOLBACH. A FEW SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED
OUT WITH THIS ACTIVITY...WITH HAIL AS BIG AS QUARTERS AND BRIEF
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH BEING THE PRIMARY
THREATS.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY
COULD BE SEVERE. HAIL TO AROUND THE SIZE OF GOLF
BALLS...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH...AND AN ISOLATED
TORNADO OR TWO WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO
FRIDAY EVENING.

INTERMITTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXIST IN THE FORECAST
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

HEAT INDEX READINGS NEAR 100 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM BEAVER CITY TO OSCEOLA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BEAVER
CITY...TO KEARNEY AND WOLBACH.

&&

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

BRYANT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 21, 7:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:40 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 21, 8:48 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 8:57 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 21, 9:20 PM CDT, 4 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 21, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Webster	49 min
Aug 21, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore	51 min
Aug 21, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	41 min
Aug 21, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York	50 min
Aug 21, 8:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	50 min
Aug 21, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Hamilton	51 min
Aug 21, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk	25 min
Aug 22, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan	46 min
Aug 22, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan	47 min
Aug 22, 6:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas	35 min
Aug 22, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Gosper	41 min
Aug 21, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	43 min
Aug 21, 7:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	9 min
Aug 21, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	50 min
Aug 21, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	48 min
Aug 22, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	23 min
Aug 22, 6:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	39 min
Aug 22, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	47 min

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.