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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 325, NWS Hastings, NE

August 29, 2014Hall County, Howard County, Merrick County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2014, 3:22 PM CDT for Hall County, Howard County, Merrick County, Nebraska. It was in force for 23 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
Aug 29, 2014, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2014, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Hall County, NE, Howard County, NE, Merrick County, NE

The radar

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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 Aug 29, 3:20 PM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 3:20 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 5:34 AM CDT, 9 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
534 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
301200-
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-
534 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING FOR MUCH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 14 IN SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

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

LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF NON-
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RE-ENTERS THE PICTURE.

THEN...A BETTER CHANCE OF MORE WIDESPREAD AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVES FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH
THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER RISK LIKELY CENTERED DURING THE 4 PM TO
MIDNIGHT TIME FRAME. ALTHOUGH UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING EXACTLY
WHICH PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA MAY BE MOST AFFECTED...THIS
APPEARS TO BE A FAIRLY DECENT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BY AUGUST
STANDARDS...WITH THREATS INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO AROUND 70
MPH...HAIL UP TO AROUND GOLF BALL SIZE AND PERHAPS A FEW TORNADOES.

AN ADDITIONAL CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVES FOR MONDAY NIGHT.

.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)

HEINLEIN/PFANNKUCH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 29, 9:57 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
957 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014

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

0955 AM     HEAVY RAIN       OSCEOLA                 41.18N 97.55W
08/29/2014  M2.00 INCH       POLK               NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            OBSERVER RECEIVED 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 7 AM THIS
            MORNING AND IT IS STILL RAINING HEAVILY

&&

DOXEY
Local storm report, Aug 29, 10:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 29, 10:42 AM CDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1042 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2014

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

1040 AM     HEAVY RAIN       OSCEOLA                 41.18N 97.55W
08/29/2014  M2.86 INCH       POLK               NE   CO-OP OBSERVER

            RAINFALL SINCE 7 AM. HAS LET UP IN INTENSITY.

&&

DOXEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 9:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDPolk, York3 hr
Aug 29, 10:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDPolk3 hr
Aug 29, 3:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall31 min
Aug 29, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hall29 min
Aug 29, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams28 min
Aug 28, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith29 min
Aug 28, 7:54 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDOsborne, Smith4 hr

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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.