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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

August 5, 2017Furnas County, Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2017, 3:22 AM CDT for Furnas County, Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 5, 2017, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Phillips County, KS, Smith County, KS, Furnas County, NE, Harlan County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 5, 12:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 12:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 2:59 PM CDT, 12 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:38 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 5, 2:42 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
242 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017

NEZ072-082-050830-
Gosper NE-Furnas NE-
242 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN GOSPER AND NORTHERN
FURNAS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...

At 241 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Holbrook, or 28 miles east of McCook, moving east at 35 mph.

Penny size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Cambridge, Arapahoe, Oxford, Holbrook and Edison.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10010 4037 10010 4047 9964 4021 9963
      4013 10019 4034 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 255DEG 32KT 4028 10008

Pfannkuch

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:05 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
305 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017

NEZ082-083-050830-
Harlan NE-Furnas NE-
305 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN FURNAS AND WESTERN
HARLAN COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT...

At 304 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Beaver City, or 18 miles north of Norton, moving east at 30 mph.

Penny size hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Alma, Oxford, Beaver City, Orleans, Stamford and Hollinger.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 4031 9945 4006 9934 4000 9963 4000 9985
      4016 9991
TIME...MOT...LOC 0804Z 250DEG 25KT 4009 9977

Pfannkuch

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 3:22 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
322 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017

KSZ005-006-NEZ073-082>084-050900-
Phillips KS-Smith KS-Franklin NE-Phelps NE-Harlan NE-Furnas NE-
322 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SMITH...PHILLIPS...SOUTHWESTERN
FRANKLIN...SOUTHWESTERN PHELPS...EASTERN FURNAS AND HARLAN COUNTIES
UNTIL 400 AM CDT...

At 320 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms roughly centered along a line extending from near
Beaver City to 6 miles north of Phillipsburg to near Kirwin.
Movement was northeast at 25 to 35 mph.

Hail ranging from pea size to penny size hail and winds in excess of
30 mph will be possible with some of these storms. It is also
possible that slightly larger hail could occur in a few isolated
locations.

Locations potentially impacted include... Holdrege, Phillipsburg,
Smith Center, Alma, Franklin, Oxford, Beaver City, Logan,
Kensington, Orleans, Agra, Stamford, Kirwin, Republican City,
Prairie View, Long Island, Edison, Atlanta, Gaylord and Naponee.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 4047 9937 4005 9883 3965 9850 3963 9851
      3957 9913 3957 9943 3968 9963 4000 9963
      4000 9986 4022 10000
TIME...MOT...LOC 0822Z 246DEG 21KT 4018 9980 3985 9935 3961 9907

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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 5, 2:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas	48 min
Aug 5, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan	25 min
Aug 5, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hall	34 min
Aug 5, 4:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton, Merrick	36 min
Aug 5, 4:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Merrick	32 min
Aug 5, 5:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	37 min
Aug 5, 2:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	37 min
Aug 5, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	31 min
Aug 5, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	30 min
Aug 5, 5:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	31 min
Aug 5, 5:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.