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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2015, 4:33 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Kearney County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 6, 2015, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Buffalo County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Phelps County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
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 Jun 6, 3:59 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 3:59 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 403 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 071200- 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- 403 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA...BUT THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL NEAR THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN NEBRASKA...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PARTS OF THE PLATTE RIVER...AS WELL AS IN MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281 AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...BUT ESPECIALLY FAVORING COUNTIES NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE NEBRASKA-KANSAS BORDER DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WITHIN THIS AREA...A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH ANY SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE OVER WITH BY MIDNIGHT. THE THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS BEING ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...FLOOD WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT ALONG PORTIONS OF THE PLATTE RIVER BETWEEN THE GOTHENBURG AND CENTRAL CITY AREAS FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED INTO TONIGHT...PLEASE RELAY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 6, 1:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
136 PM CDT SAT JUN 06 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 PM FLOOD MCCOOL JUNCTION 40.74N 97.60W
06/06/2015 YORK NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER IS UP TO 1ST STREET ON THE EAST IN MCCOOL JUNCTION
&&
SALTZMANLocal storm report, Jun 6, 1:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
158 PM CDT SAT JUN 06 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1230 PM FLOOD 1 S MCCOOL JUNCTION 40.73N 97.60W
06/06/2015 YORK NE PUBLIC
FLOOD WATER HAS ENTERED CAMP KATERI AND THE AREA IS BEING
EVACUATED. ACCESS TO THE CAMP VIA THE BRIDGE OVER THE
WEST FORK OF THE BIG BLUE RIVER HAS BEEN CUT OFF BY THE
FLOOD.
&&
WESELYSpecial weather statement, Jun 6, 3:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
329 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015
KSZ005-NEZ082-083-062100-
PHILLIPS KS-HARLAN NE-FURNAS NE-
329 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS...
SOUTHEASTERN FURNAS AND HARLAN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 328 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HOLLINGER...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALMA...OXFORD...ORLEANS...STAMFORD...REPUBLICAN CITY...LONG ISLAND...
HOLLINGER AND WOODRUFF.
LAT...LON 4035 9957 4035 9955 4010 9920 3983 9963
4000 9963 4000 9978 4008 9987
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 230DEG 35KT 4008 9970
SALTZMANSpecial weather statement, Jun 6, 4:03 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 12:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Webster | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phelps | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 2:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Harlan | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Harlan, Phelps | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 8 min |
| Jun 5, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 34 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.