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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

August 6, 2015Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2015, 10:44 AM CDT for Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 6, 2015, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2015, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Phillips County, KS, Harlan 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 6, 6:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 6:44 AM CDT, 4 hours before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 9:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
917 AM CDT THU AUG 6 2015

NEZ072-082-061500-
FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-
917 AM CDT THU AUG 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GOSPER AND FURNAS
COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...

AT 917 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MEDICINE CREEK
RESERVOIR STATE RECREATION AREA TO NEAR BARTLEY TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
DANBURY...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMBRIDGE...ARAPAHOE...BEAVER CITY...HOLBROOK...EDISON...WILSONVILLE
AND HENDLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10020 4035 10010 4044 10009 4044 9998
      4054 9998 4055 9983 4028 9972 4000 9985
      4000 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1417Z 268DEG 21KT 4039 10029 4028 10030 4014 10039

GUERRERO

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 9:56 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 6, 10:10 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:34 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1034 AM CDT THU AUG 6 2015

NEZ060-061600-
DAWSON NE-
1034 AM CDT THU AUG 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL
1100 AM CDT...

AT 1032 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SUMNER...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL TO AROUND THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND BRIEF WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEXINGTON...SUMNER AND EDDYVILLE.

LAT...LON 4081 9985 4097 9981 4104 9944 4075 9943
TIME...MOT...LOC 1532Z 270DEG 32KT 4089 9964

BRYANT

Local storm report, Aug 6, 10:35 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 10:44 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 6, 9:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas, Gosper	43 min
Aug 6, 9:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas	49 min
Aug 6, 10:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Harlan	44 min
Aug 6, 10:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	26 min
Aug 6, 11:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan	45 min
Aug 6, 11:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	27 min
Aug 6, 12:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan	23 min
Aug 6, 12:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin, Harlan	31 min
Aug 6, 6:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Osborne, Smith	20 hr
Aug 6, 11:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	39 min
Aug 6, 12:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Osborne, Smith	21 min
Aug 6, 12:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	26 min
Aug 6, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	33 min
Aug 6, 2:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	37 min
Aug 6, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	26 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Nebraska, 2015 Special Weather Statements in Kansas, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

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.