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Special Weather Statement, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2021, 5:12 PM CDT for Furnas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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 22, 2021, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2021, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 55
County Furnas County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -584 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 537 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 608 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 22, 3:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 3:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Hastings NE 314 PM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 231200- 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- 314 PM CDT Sun Aug 22 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and portions of north central Kansas. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Thunderstorms will be possible this evening and overnight. There is a slight risk for severe storms. The main threats will be hail to the size of golf balls and wind gusts to around 60 mph. An isolated tornado is also possible. Heat index values this afternoon will be around 100 degrees for portions of north central Kansas. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Thunderstorms will again be possible across portions of the outlook area at various points Monday afternoon through Saturday night. A few of these storms could be strong to severe Monday and Tuesday. Monday and Tuesday will feature heat index values around 100 to 105 degrees, mainly within southern and eastern portions of the outlook area. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters may be needed after 5 PM. Reports of any hail, wind damage, and funnel clouds are always appreciated. && More information may be obtained at the following web page: https://www.weather.gov/hastings
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 22, 5:12 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Harlan | 27 min |
| Aug 22, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 47 min |
| Aug 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Harlan | 36 min |
| Aug 22, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 34 min |
| Aug 22, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phelps | 44 min |
| Aug 22, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.