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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Hastings, NE

July 18, 2018Buffalo County, Nebraska

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

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 18, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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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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

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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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Local storm report, Jul 18, 8:05 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley39 min
Jul 18, 8:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley29 min
Jul 18, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman39 min
Jul 18, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman17 min
Jul 18, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo32 min
Jul 18, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley43 min
Jul 18, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Kearney47 min
Jul 18, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo40 min
Jul 18, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin, Webster35 min
Jul 18, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster41 min
Jul 18, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Kearney42 min
Jul 18, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley34 min
Jul 19, 12:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNance40 min
Jul 19, 12:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance30 min
Jul 19, 1:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMerrick, Nance, Polk42 min
Jul 19, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk37 min
Jul 19, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk, York37 min
Jul 19, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDYork32 min
Jul 19, 2:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore46 min
Jul 19, 3:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNance24 min
Jul 19, 11:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips43 min
Jul 19, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips51 min
Jul 19, 11:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks40 min
Jul 19, 11:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Smith39 min
Jul 19, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne51 min
Jul 19, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith46 min
Jul 19, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell29 min
Jul 19, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell45 min
Jul 19, 2:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks41 min

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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.