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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Hastings, NE

September 1, 2018Mitchell County, Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2018, 6:28 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Osborne County, Kansas. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2018, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 1, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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 Sep 1, 2:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 2:24 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 4:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 1, 5:50 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:16 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:21 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 11:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson49 min
Aug 31, 11:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin48 min
Sep 1, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson42 min
Sep 1, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster22 min
Sep 1, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas, Phelps39 min
Sep 1, 12:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps52 min
Sep 1, 1:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall, Phelps47 min
Sep 1, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Kearney52 min
Sep 1, 1:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster39 min
Sep 1, 2:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHamilton42 min
Sep 1, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick39 min
Sep 1, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk38 min
Sep 1, 2:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPolk, York43 min
Sep 1, 5:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Furnas, Hamilton and 7 more4 days
Aug 31, 11:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips30 min
Sep 1, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks24 min
Sep 1, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Rooks38 min
Sep 1, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne46 min
Sep 1, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell25 min
Sep 1, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell35 min
Sep 1, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne27 min
Sep 1, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith26 min
Sep 1, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell46 min
Sep 1, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell36 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.