A wild afternoon and early evening of high winds, hail, flooding and even a brief tornado was had over south central Nebraska. The tornado occurred on the east side of Hastings.
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The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
A wild afternoon and early evening of high winds, hail, flooding and even a brief tornado was had over south central Nebraska. The tornado occurred on the east side of Hastings. This EF0 tornado traveled on the ground for about 1.5 miles and lifted around the Hastings Motorsports Track just southeast of town. Damage was minor. Elsewhere in Hastings, tree damage was excessive due to straight line winds near 70 mph. The hardest hit area was the eastern half of town where large trees were toppled and some damage was had to homes and other buildings. Hastings was the beginning of a corridor of high winds, which extended east along U.S. Highway 6 across Clay County and into Fillmore County. Another hard hit area was from Harvard to Saronville. A 125-foot tall grain bin was completely destroyed at a grain storage facility near Saronville. Ironically, the bin had just been completed. Over $100,000 in electrical equipment for the facility was lost as well. Winds were estimated at 80 mph and were enough to pull the anchor bolts out of the cement foundation. Further east, the town of Fairmont in Fillmore County was pounded as well. The roof was torn from the local car wash and tree damage was extensive. Power was lost to many parts of Fillmore County, including the Fillmore Central Middle School where classes were cancelled the next day. In rural areas, pivots were overturned, outbuildings damaged and the corn crop was trampled by the wind. Damage to corn and soybeans is hard to assess, but will likely reach several million dollars. Heavy rain of 2 to 5 inches resulted in water issues around the area as well. Many streets in Hastings were flooded and there were numerous road closures on county roads across Adams and Clay counties. There were sporadic reports of large hail and high winds elsewhere in south central Nebraska that afternoon and evening. Finally, in far northern Valley County near the Garfield County line, heavy rain caused flash flooding to occur on Highway 11.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Aug 22, 1:54 PM CST, 51 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 254 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007 .SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. COMPLEX WEATHER SCENARIO UNFOLDING OVER THE NEXT 36 HRS WITH THE PRIMARY CONCERN BEING THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SFC BOUNDARY WAS PUSHED SOUTH THIS MORNING BY WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA. BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THE COLD FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG INTERSTATE 80 AND CONTINUED TO SAG SLOWLY SOUTHWARD. ELEVATED CONVECTION FROM THIS MORNING HAS CONTINUED INTO THIS AFTERNOON WELL NORTH OF THE FRONT. IN ADDITION...CONVECTION WAS JUST BEGINNING TO FIRE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS OUR SOUTHWESTERN CWA. ALSO OF NOTE IS A SHORT WAVE TRACKING EAST ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE TO MONITOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. MOST STORMS WILL BE ELEVATED WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR ROTATING STORMS NEAR THE BOUNDARY BUT EVEN HERE EXPECT ONLY A VERY SLIGHT TORNADO THREAT WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET ALONG WITH THE UPPER SHORT WAVE COMING OUT INTO THE PLAINS THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASING THUNDERSTORM THREAT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT WILL PUSH SFC BOUNDARY FURTHER SOUTH TOMORROW AND EXPECT A SLIGHTLY COOLER DAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. IN ADDITION...ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN ESPECIALLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. .LONG TERM...12Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY...FRIDAY NIGHT...AND MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. A SURFACE FRONT TO THE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND SHORT WAVE MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. AS THE FRONT MOVES TO THE SOUTH THERE WILL BE DECREASING CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION AND BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THE UPPER WAVE WILL BE THROUGH THE AREA AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME TO AN END. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A SURFACE FRONT SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE IS A SHORT WAVE THAT MOVES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AND ANOTHER WEDNESDAY MORNING. STILL A LITTLE UNCERTAINTY IN THE TIMING OF THE FRONT SO HAVE SOME KIND OF LOWER POPS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE. THERE IS A 15 DEGREE SPREAD BETWEEN THE MET AND MAV FOR KGRI FOR HIGHS ON FRIDAY. EXPECT THAT WITH CLOUDS AND SOME RAIN AROUND THAT TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE COOLER SIDE...BUT REALLY DO NOT EXPECT THAT THEY WILL BE 66 AS THE MET INDICATES. WENT A LITTLE COOLER THAN THE MAV. TEMPERATURES WARM BACK UP AGAIN BY SATURDAY AND CONTINUE IN THE 80S TO LOWER 90S UNTIL MID WEEK WHEN TEMPERATURES COOL BACK DOWN AGAIN AS THE NEXT FRONT MOVES THROUGH. .AVIATION...18Z TAF. COMPLEX AVIATION FORECAST TODAY WITH SFC BOUNDARY HOVERING RIGHT AROUND KGRI. FRONT PRESSED JUST SOUTH OF KGRI BETWEEN 17Z AND 18Z BRINGING THE WINDS AROUND OUT OF THE NORTHEAST. FRONT SHOULD STAY JUST TO THE SOUTH OF KGRI THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SWEEPING MORE SUBSTANTIALLY SOUTH OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. KGRI STANDS A BETTER CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS THAN IN THE PAST TWO DAYS DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THIS SFC BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. && .SHORT TERM...WESELY .LONG TERM...JCB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1156 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007 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- 1156 AM CDT WED AUG 22 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND 70 MPH WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE CONTINUED CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) WESELY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 259 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007 NEZ073-222030- PHELPS- 259 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PHELPS COUNTY... AT 252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOOMIS...OR 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLDREGE... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SMALL HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KISNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 327 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007 NEZ040-222130- GREELEY- 327 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR GREELEY COUNTY... AT 321 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF NORTH LOUP...OR 9 MILES EAST OF ORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GREELEY BY 340 PM CDT SPALDING BY 400 PM CDT DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO DROP HEAVY RAINS. THOSE IN LOW AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KISNER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 335 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007 NEZ061-222100- BUFFALO- 335 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR BUFFALO COUNTY... AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PLEASANTON...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF KEARNEY... AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... POOLE BY 345 PM CDT RAVENNA BY 350 PM CDT DIME SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. HEINLEIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 345 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007 NEZ046-222130- SHERMAN- 345 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR SHERMAN COUNTY... AT 338 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOUP CITY...OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF ORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... ASHTON... PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS AROUND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS. THOSE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF WATER LEVELS RISE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE, OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KISNER
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:45 UTC.
16 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous reports of water over county roads and water running over Highway 11 at mile marker 87.
Winds of 60 to 70 mph battered the Hastings area for about 10 minutes. There were many reports of tree and minor structural damage.
A brief tornado began on the east side of Hastings and traveled to the southeast for 1 to 2 miles. Damage was minimal and winds were estimated at 75 mph. The tornado was rated an EF0.
Flash flooding throughout the eastern half of the county. Numerous county roads covered with water. Many streets in Hastings had 1 to 2 feet of water and the Burlington Street underpass was closed due to high water.
Flash flooding throughout the county with many county roads under water.
At least 80 mph winds toppled a newly constructed 125 foot tall grain bin and pulled the anchor bolts out of the cement foundation.
A measured wind gust to 79 mph occurred at a University of Nebraska agronomy research facility.
Flooding in south side of town. One car washed off the road into a ditch.
Widespread damage to trees and some structures throughout town.
A hole was knocked in a roof by a large limb which fell. There was other wind damage throughout town.
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