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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Hastings, NE

June 29, 2023Franklin County, Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2023, 3:47 AM CDT for Franklin County, Harlan County, Nebraska; Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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: Jun 29, 2023, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2023, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Damage threat: Destructive
Hail: 2.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Phillips County, KS, Smith County, KS, Franklin County, NE, Harlan County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 29, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 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 Jun 28, 6:23 PM CDT, 9 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 6:23 PM CDT, 9 hours 24 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas	34 min
Jun 29, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Harlan	36 min
Jun 29, 1:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan	36 min
Jun 29, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Furnas	48 min
Jun 29, 2:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin, Webster	34 min
Jun 29, 3:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Furnas, Harlan	52 min
Jun 29, 3:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Franklin, Nuckolls, Webster	49 min
Jun 29, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	30 min
Jun 29, 4:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	46 min
Jun 29, 4:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Webster	37 min
Jun 29, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore	28 min
Jun 29, 5:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	37 min
Jun 29, 5:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	33 min
Jun 29, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Smith	56 min
Jun 29, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Jewell, Smith	54 min
Jun 29, 4:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phillips	33 min
Jun 29, 5:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	25 min
Jun 29, 5:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	35 min
Jun 29, 5:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	31 min
Jun 29, 5:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	41 min
Jun 29, 6:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2023 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.