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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Oct 1, 2017, 5:13 PM CDT for Furnas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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
- Oct 1, 2017, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
County Furnas County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Oct 1, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 3:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 224 PM CDT Sun Oct 1 2017 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 021930- 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- 224 PM CDT Sun Oct 1 2017 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. There is a chance for strong to severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. The best chance for severe thunderstorms will between 6 pm and midnight...and primarily west of highway 281. The main severe weather threats include hail to the size of Tennis balls...70 mph winds...as well as an isolated tornado or two. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. There are multiple chances for thunderstorms across the local area through the middle of the upcoming work week. The best chance for any strong or severe thunderstorms will be along a cold front during the afternoon and evening hours Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is expected for areas mainly west of highway 281 later this afternoon or evening. Any reports of large hail...strong thunderstorm wind gusts...or funnel clouds would be very much appreciated. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings Rossi
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 5:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Hastings NE 513 PM CDT SUN OCT 1 2017 NEZ082-012245- Furnas NE- 513 PM CDT SUN OCT 1 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN FURNAS COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... At 512 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Norcatur, or 12 miles east of Oberlin, moving northeast at 45 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Cambridge, Arapahoe, Holbrook, Wilsonville and Hendley. A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central Nebraska. LAT...LON 4035 10020 4035 9989 4000 9988 4000 10019 TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 212DEG 38KT 3986 10030 Rossi
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 23 min |
| Oct 1, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 41 min |
| Oct 1, 6:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 44 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Nebraska, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
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.