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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2018, 8:48 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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 18, 2018, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2018, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Buffalo County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 18, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 2:45 PM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 245 PM CDT Wed Jul 18 2018 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 191945- 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- 245 PM CDT Wed Jul 18 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Another round of severe weather is possible tonight mainly between 8 pm and 3 am. Thunderstorms which develop will be capable of producing large hail of golf ball size and damaging winds of 70 mph. There is also a risk for tornadoes primarily north of Interstate 80. Heavy downpours may accompany the thunderstorms and this could produce localized flooding in areas which received heavy rainfall on Tuesday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorms are possible across portions of the outlook area Thursday night after midnight, and again intermittently from Saturday night through Tuesday. Some storms late Thursday night could be strong to severe with large hail and damaging wind possible, especially over north central Kansas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed between 4 PM and midnight. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings Heinlein
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:01 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
805 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0802 PM HAIL 4 W ARCADIA 41.44N 99.21W
07/18/2018 E0.88 INCH VALLEY NE PUBLIC
&&The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman, Valley | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 29 min |
| Jul 18, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman | 17 min |
| Jul 18, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman, Valley | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Kearney | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 40 min |
| Jul 18, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Franklin, Webster | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Webster | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Kearney | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Greeley | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nance | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 1:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Merrick, Nance, Polk | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 37 min |
| Jul 19, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | York | 32 min |
| Jul 19, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 3:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nance | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 40 min |
| Jul 19, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 45 min |
| Jul 19, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 41 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.