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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Hastings, NE

April 17, 2025Hamilton County, Polk County, York County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 2025, 5:10 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Polk County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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: Apr 17, 2025, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 17, 2025, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Hamilton County, NE, Polk County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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
Apr 17, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado 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 Apr 16, 6:33 PM CDT, 22 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 6:33 PM CDT, 22 hours 37 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
Apr 17, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hall	45 min
Apr 17, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton, Merrick	14 min
Apr 17, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk	29 min
Apr 17, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Hamilton, Polk, York	42 min
Apr 16, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	23 min
Apr 17, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	51 min
Apr 17, 1:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	50 min
Apr 17, 1:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	37 min
Apr 17, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2025 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2025

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.