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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE

September 1, 2018Furnas County, Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Sep 1, 2018, 12:21 AM CDT for Furnas County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Sep 1, 2018, 12:21 AM CDT (05:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE

Counties Furnas County, NE, Phelps County, NE

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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 31, 8:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 8:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 31, 11:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1115 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2018

KSZ005-017-010445-
Rooks KS-Phillips KS-
1115 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN ROOKS AND PHILLIPS
COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...

At 1115 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Logan, or 12 miles southwest of Phillipsburg, moving northeast at 40
mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Phillipsburg, Logan, Glade and Speed.

LAT...LON 3942 9959 3941 9960 3957 9960 3957 9963
      3971 9963 3991 9933 3963 9912
TIME...MOT...LOC 0415Z 232DEG 34KT 3963 9950

Mangels
Special weather statement, Aug 31, 11:41 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 31, 11:57 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1157 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2018

KSZ005-006-NEZ083-084-010545-
Phillips KS-Smith KS-Franklin NE-Harlan NE-
1157 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN SMITH...NORTHEASTERN
PHILLIPS...FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN HARLAN COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM
CDT...

At 1157 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Woodruff to 9 miles south
of Harlan County Dam to 8 miles north of Kensington. Movement was
northeast at 35 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Franklin, Campbell, Republican City, Upland, Naponee, Bloomington,
Riverton and Harlan County Dam.

LAT...LON 4031 9920 4033 9873 4002 9873 3980 9908
      3988 9920 3992 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 209DEG 32KT 3995 9931 3994 9917 3989 9908

Rossi
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 12:03 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1203 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

NEZ060-061-072-073-010545-
Buffalo NE-Phelps NE-Dawson NE-Gosper NE-
1203 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PHELPS...WESTERN
BUFFALO...NORTHEASTERN GOSPER AND EASTERN DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1245
AM CDT...

At 1203 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Lexington, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Lexington, Elm Creek, Overton, Odessa, Amherst, Sumner, Miller and
Eddyville.

LAT...LON 4088 9990 4105 9959 4105 9922 4070 9923
      4060 9966
TIME...MOT...LOC 0503Z 238DEG 31KT 4077 9978

Rossi
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 12:21 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1221 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

NEZ072-073-082-083-010600-
Phelps NE-Harlan NE-Gosper NE-Furnas NE-
1221 AM CDT SAT SEP 1 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PHELPS...SOUTHEASTERN GOSPER...
EASTERN FURNAS AND NORTHWESTERN HARLAN COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...

At 1220 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Elwood to 9 miles north of Edison to
Arapahoe to 6 miles southwest of Hendley. Movement was northeast at
35 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Holdrege, Arapahoe, Oxford, Bertrand, Beaver City, Loomis, Funk,
Stamford, Edison, Atlanta, Smithfield, Hendley and Hollinger.

LAT...LON 4030 9990 4041 9972 4058 9985 4063 9966
      4061 9965 4067 9940 4066 9938 4067 9933
      4066 9929 4066 9919 4047 9919 4018 9940
      4000 10002
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 232DEG 30KT 4054 9984 4041 9974 4030 9992 4005
10002

Rossi

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, 12:53 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, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne32 min
Sep 1, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell46 min
Sep 1, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell36 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.