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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 7:43 AM CDT for Harlan 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
- Aug 7, 2021, 7:43 AM CDT (12:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 8:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 40
County Harlan County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:44 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 78 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2303 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
588
WWUS83 KGID 071243
SPSGID
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
743 AM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
NEZ082>084-071315-
Franklin NE-Harlan NE-Furnas NE-
743 AM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of western Franklin,
southeastern Furnas and Harlan Counties through 815 AM CDT...
At 742 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Ragan to near Stamford. Movement was east at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Ragan around 750 AM CDT.
Orleans around 800 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Hildreth, Alma,
Republican City, Upland, Naponee and Harlan County Dam.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
If on or near Harlan Lake, get out of the water and move indoors or
inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles
from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close
enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not
be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
&&
LAT...LON 4035 9937 4035 9878 4000 9917 4000 9984
TIME...MOT...LOC 1242Z 263DEG 32KT 4030 9927 4005 9965
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
MangelsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Webster | 52 min |
| Aug 7, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.