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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Hastings, NE

January 31, 20157 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2015, 9:54 PM CST for 7 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 20 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 31, 2015, 9:54 PM CST (03:54 UTC)
Expired: Feb 1, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Fillmore County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Polk County, NE, Thayer County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 31, 9:25 PM CST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 9:25 PM CST, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 9:19 PM CST, 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 31, 9:38 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
938 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015

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

0920 PM     SNOW             BENEDICT                41.01N 97.61W
01/31/2015  M3.0 INCH        YORK               NE   MESONET

            NE RAIN OBSERVERER REPORTS 0.5 INCH OF LIQUID AND 3
            INCHES OF ACCUMULATED SNOWFALL AS OF 920 PM.

0937 PM     SNOW             YORK                    40.87N 97.60W
01/31/2015  E3.5 INCH        YORK               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT 3-3.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN YORK.

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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.