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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Hastings, NE

July 24, 2015Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2015, 2:54 AM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2015, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2015, 3:31 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 23, 6:59 PM CDT, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 6:59 PM CDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 3:28 PM CDT, 11 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
328 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2015

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
241200-
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-
328 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SEVERE STORMS
ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AT LEAST ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER...AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR MORE.

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

ON FRIDAY...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM BEAVER CITY TO HASTINGS TO OSCEOLA NEBRASKA. HEAT
INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES ARE FORECAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AND SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS
TO 60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED...MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM
GREELEY TO ALMA IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...INTO THE EVENING
HOURS.

&&

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper50 min
Jul 23, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas, Harlan42 min
Jul 23, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan48 min
Jul 23, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas48 min
Jul 23, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas43 min
Jul 23, 11:48 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFranklin6 hr
Jul 24, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward24 min
Jul 24, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard31 min
Jul 24, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMerrick39 min
Jul 24, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick48 min
Jul 24, 5:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDYork47 min
Jul 24, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips30 min
Jul 24, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips43 min
Jul 24, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks50 min
Jul 24, 1:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell, Osborne43 min
Jul 24, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell49 min
Jul 24, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne45 min

Nearby

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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.