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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2021, 8:03 AM CDT for York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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 15, 2021, 8:03 AM CDT (13:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2021, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 30
County York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -405 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 15, 7:17 AM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 7:17 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...CORRECTED National Weather Service Hastings NE 504 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 161000- 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- 504 AM CDT Sun Aug 15 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A narrow line of thunderstorms will continue to meander near the highway 183 corridor through the early morning hours. While a strong storm with half inch hail and wind gusts to near 50 mph remains possible...heavy rainfall training across this area looks to be the greatest threat...with the potential for localized flooding through the morning hours. Another round of thunderstorms is expected to develop across the local area late this evening and through the overnight hours...with the potential for strong to marginally severe thunderstorms generally along and west of Highway 281. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. There are on and off chances for thunderstorms Monday through Saturday. A few storms may be strong to severe Monday, especially along and southwest of a line extending from Kearney, Nebraska to Beloit Kansas. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight...however reports of localized flooding and hail of any size are always appreciated. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings Rossi
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 15, 7:37 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Harlan | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Franklin | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 2:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Harlan | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 3:53 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 6 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phelps | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 6:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 6:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Clay | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 7:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hamilton | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 3:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 52 min |
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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.