Between 1130 PM CDT on Wednesday the 27th and 3 AM CDT early Thursday morning the 28th, a small complex of strong to severe wind-producing thunderstorms pushed northeast across southeastern portions of South Central Nebraska, primarily affecting counties such as Webster, Franklin, Nuckolls, Clay and southern Adams. Although storm and damage reports were limited, winds of at least 55-60 MPH were…
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Between 1130 PM CDT on Wednesday the 27th and 3 AM CDT early Thursday morning the 28th, a small complex of strong to severe wind-producing thunderstorms pushed northeast across southeastern portions of South Central Nebraska, primarily affecting counties such as Webster, Franklin, Nuckolls, Clay and southern Adams. Although storm and damage reports were limited, winds of at least 55-60 MPH were reported in the Red Cloud and Blue Hill areas, with tree damage in Blue Hill. Although significant flooding issues were averted by the progressive nature of the strongest storm cores, overnight rainfall still tallied 1.5 to over 2 inches in a few spots, including 2.3 inches a few miles northeast of Blue Hill.
Aloft, the mid and upper levels featured a typical mid-summer pattern, with South Central Nebraska positioned within the interface between a sprawling ridge across the southern states, and the primary jet stream and associated faster flow aloft across the Dakotas. The storm complex that eventually rolled into the area first evolved from a smattering of multicell storms that initiated during the late afternoon and early evening hours in central and northwest Kansas, in an environment characterized by steep low-level lapse rates and high cloud bases. As the evening wore on, these initial storms started to developed organized cold pools and push northeast across north central Kansas and into the local area, aided by convergence along a modest low level jet and weak frontal zone evident at 850 millibars. These storms already had a history of producing wind gusts of 70-80 MPH across northern Kansas before they crossed the state line. After affecting the Red Cloud and Blue Hill areas, the storm complex weakened as it pushed northeast, and although additional rounds of thunderstorms affected parts of South Central Nebraska through the night they remained sub-severe. Mesoscale severe weather parameters around midnight CDT included approximately 2500 J/kg mixed-layer CAPE, but only around 30 knots of deep-layer vertical wind shear.
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 Jul 27, 11:14 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1214 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011 .AVIATION...06Z KGRI TAF. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN NEBRASKA NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER AND ARE TRACKING EAST NORTHEAST. HOWEVER...THIS CURRENT STORM TRACK WOULD KEEP THESE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF KGRI. THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP KGRI DRY EARLY THIS MORNING ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE PRETTY CLOSE WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS PASSING WITHIN 30 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THE WIND WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND GENERALLY FROM THE NORTHEAST OR EAST. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVEN MORE SO DURING THE EVENING. THEREFORE...INTRODUCED A PROB30 GROUP AFTER 00Z. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 817 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011/ UPDATE...HEAT ADVISORY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ACROSS SOUTHERN ZONES. THE REST OF THE FORECAST SEEMS ON TRACK WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS FOR AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 423 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY. PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN LIES WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES. UPPER AIR AND SATELLITE DATA SHOWING NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE PATTERN ACROSS THE REGION WITH HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...BUT WITH PIECES OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY CONTINUING TO PASS THROUGH THE MAIN FLOW IT IS NOT A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED PATTERN. FLOW ACROSS THE CWA REMAINS GENERALLY ZONAL...WITH SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING A SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY CROSSING THE ROCKIES. HAVE SEEN A PERSISTENT BAND OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS /PERHAPS A SPRINKLE OR TWO/ THROUGH THE DAY ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA...ASSOCIATED WITH A MID LEVEL BOUNDARY/CONVERGENCE. AT THE SURFACE...SEEING A TROUGH/ELONGATED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDING FROM SERN NEB DOWN INTO SWRN KS...BRINGING COOLER TEMPS/HIGHER DEWPOINTS TO MOST OF THE CWA NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY...AND HOTTER TEMPS/LOWER DEWPOINTS IN A BETTER MIXED AREA TO THE SOUTH. SEEING SOME CU AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE THOSE SOUTHERN AREAS...WHERE LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE STEEP. WARM MID LEVEL TEMPS /SPC MESO PAGE SHOWING 700MB TEMPS ARND 13-16C/ KEEPING THINGS CAPPED OFF ACROSS THE CWA. DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...FOCUS TURNS TO PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS THE CWA...DRIVEN BY ANY ACTIVITY WHICH DEVELOPS THE REMAINDER OF TODAY OUT TO THE WEST AND SHIFT EAST WITH THE MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE...AND BY AN INCREASING LOW LEVEL JET INTERACTING WITH THE SFC BOUNDARY. KEPT THE HIGHER POPS CONFINED TO ROUGHLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA...WHERE THE FOCUS OF THE LLJ/SFC BOUNDARY REMAINS...AND HAS MORE SUPPORT FROM MODELS. EXPECTING BEST CHANCES TO COME LATER THIS EVENING...AND BEST POPS FALL DURING THE 03-09Z TIME FRAME. SIMILAR TO THIS MORNING...AM EXPECTING ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH/START PUSHING OUT OF THE CWA AS THE DISTURBANCE AND FOCUS OF THE LLJ SHIFTS OFF TO THE EAST. CANT COMPLETELY RULE OUT A FEW STRONG/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SO WILL KEEP MENTION GOING IN THE HWO. LOOKING TOWARD THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LINGER THROUGH THE DAY...BUT SIMILAR TO TODAY...AM EXPECTING THE BETTER CHANCES TO COME DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/NIGHTTIME HOURS. ONLY HAVE A LOW POP DURING THE MORNING HOURS IN CASE ANY OVERNIGHT ACTIVITY LINGERS AROUND LONGER THAN EXPECTED...BUT THINK THAT MOST OF THE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS SHOULD BE QUIET. THE WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO MEANDER AROUND THE REGION...AND EXPECT IT TO AGAIN BE EITHER ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA OR FURTHER INTO CENTRAL KANSAS. EXPECTING A SLIGHTLY COOLER DAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CWA /MAINLY IN THE SOUTH/...DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A BIT MORE CLOUD COVER AND EASTERLY COMPONENT TO THE LIGHT WINDS/LESS MIXING...AND FORECAST CALLS FOR ANOTHER DAY OF MID/UPPER 80S ACROSS NEB...WITH MID 90S ACROSS NC KS. WHILE THERE MAY BE A FEW HEAT INDEX READINGS NEAR 100 DEGREES...NOT CALLING FOR ANYTHING REACHING ADV CRITERIA. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...THE BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION COME LATER IN THE DAY/EVENING WITH THE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND INCREASING LLJ. AGAIN HAVE BEST POPS CONFINED TO AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 6. STRONG/SEVERE POTENTIAL THERE AGAIN...AND ENTIRE CWA IS CURRENTLY IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA. LONG TERM...12Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE SAME GENERAL THEME CONTINUES TO RING TRUE...WITH VARIOUS...FAIRLY LOW CHANCE AND LOW CONFIDENCE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS...AND TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO AVERAGE AT LEAST A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON MOST...BUT NOT ALL DAYS. PRIMARY CHANGES/HIGHLIGHTS SINCE 24 HOURS AGO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF SLIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO THE TUESDAY- WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME...ALONG WITH A VERY SLIGHT DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT TO MAX TEMPS ON SEVERAL DAYS. WILL DISCUSS PRECIP CHANCES FIRST...FOLLOWED BY TEMPERATURES. STARTING OFF THE PERIOD FRIDAY...12Z ECMWF/GFS/NAM ALL IN DECENT AGREEMENT FOCUSING A GENERALLY EAST-WEST ORIENTED COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE FAR SOUTHERN FRINGES OF THE CWA...OR POSSIBLY EVEN DOWN INTO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF KANSAS...WITH NORTHEAST TO EASTERLY SURFACE FLOW ACROSS THE CWA IN ITS WAKE. ALOFT...MODEST NEARLY ZONAL FLOW ALOFT DOMINATES THE CENTRAL PLAINS...IN BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN CONUS SUBTROPICAL RIDGE...AND THE FASTER ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONUS...FEATURING ONE H5 SHORTWAVE DEPARTING THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES...AND ANOTHER HEADING EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST CANADA. ALTHOUGH THE THURSDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME FEATURES HIGHER PRECIP CHANCES IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE NOCTURNAL LOW LEVEL JET...OPTED TO MAKE A SLIGHT INCREASE TO FRIDAY MORNING POPS INTO 30 PERCENT RANGE ACROSS MAINLY KS ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR LINGERING OVERNIGHT CONVECTION AND PROXIMITY OF BOUNDARY. FOR THE AFTERNOON...WENT WITH A BROAD 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF STORMS CWA- WIDE...AS THE BOUNDARY STALLS OUT AND LIKELY TRIES LIFTING BACK NORTH A BIT. LATEST 18Z NAM SUGGESTS THAT THIS BEST LOW LEVEL FOCUS ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WILL KEEP CONVECTION SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CWA...BUT NOT WILLING TO PULL SLIGHT CHANCES YET WITH SOME DISAGREEMENT ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE BOUNDARY ACTUALLY GETS. COULD EASILY SEE AT LEAST THE NORTHERN 1/2 OF THE CWA REMAIN DRY ALL DAY THOUGH. AS FOR SEVERE CHANCES...LITTLE CHANGE FROM THINKING OF LATE...WITH NO WIDESPREAD THREAT...ALTHOUGH 0-6KM DEEP LAYER SHEAR ACTUALLY INCREASES TO AROUND 35KT PER THE 18Z NAM...SO IF SOMETHING CAN GO ISOLATED SEVERE CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. KEPT BLANKET 20 PERCENT STORM CHANCES GOING FRI NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...MAINLY DUE TO CONTINUED LINGERING PRESENCE OF EFFECTIVE EAST-WEST SURFACE BOUNDARY...AND ALSO PARADE OF WEAK MID LEVEL WAVES WORKING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ALONG THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF RIDGE. SUSPECT THOUGH THAT LARGE PORTIONS OF THE CWA WILL REMAIN DRY DURING THIS TIME. KEPT SAT NIGHT-MON NIGHT PERIOD DRY FOR THE TIME BEING...AS MODEL CONSENSUS IS HIGH THAT MID LEVEL HEIGHTS WILL RISE AS SUBTROPICAL RIDGE EXPANDS AND AMPLIFIES NORTHWARD...DIRECTING THE CWA OUT OF THE LINE OF SUBTLE MID LEVEL WAVES...AND SHUNTING THE PRIMARY SURFACE FRONTAL ZONE FARTHER NORTH. ALREADY ON MON HOWEVER...THE RIDGE REALLY STARTS TO FLATTEN AGAIN IN RESPONSE TO A FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE SOUTHERN CANADA SHORTWAVE...SENDING THE LOW LEVEL FRONTAL ZONE SOUTHWARD AGAIN. DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THE FRONT/S ARRIVAL...SLIGHT POPS MAY EVENTUALLY BE NECESSARY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST FOR MON NIGHT...BUT INSTEAD HAVE SLIGHT POPS STARTING TUESDAY AND LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT GENERALLY STALLS OUT ACROSS THE AREA. PLENTY OF TIME TO FINE TUNE THESE DETAILS...BUT AT LEAST THE MESSAGE IS OUT THAT STORM CHANCES RETURN BY MID WEEK. NOW TURNING TO TEMPERATURE TRENDS...OVERALL THE FRI-WED PERIOD AS A WHOLE SEEMS TO BE TRENDING AT LEAST A TOUCH COOLER THAN THOUGHT YESTERDAY...BUT THIS IS ALL RELATIVE. AT THIS POINT...FRIDAY AND NEXT WEDNESDAY ARE LOOKING LIKE THE COOLER OF THE DAYS WITH THE EFFECTIVE SURFACE FRONT ACROSS OR SOUTH OF THE CWA...WHILE SUN-MON STILL LOOK LIKE THE OVERALL HOTTEST DAYS WITH THE GREATEST INFLUENCE FROM THE RIDGE OVERHEAD. FOR FRI...HAVE MOST OF THE CWA ONLY IN THE 87-90 DEGREE RANGE FOR HIGHS...WITH A SLIGHT UPWARD BUMP FOR SATURDAY INTO THE LOW 90S IN NEB...AND MID 90S KS. SUNDAY AND MON ARE THEN LOOKING MAINLY MID 90S IN NEB COUNTIES...AND AROUND 100 IN KS. AS THE NEXT FRONT MAKES ITS WAY IN...A COOL DOWN COMMENCES. ALTHOUGH CERTAINLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE BEING 7 DAYS OUT...AM CURRENTLY CALLING FOR ONLY LOW-MID 80S ACROSS THE NORTHERN 1/2 OF THE CWA ON WED. IN TERMS OF HEAT INDEX AND POTENTIAL HEAT ADVISORY ISSUES...CURRENTLY HAVE NO DAYS ACTUALLY REACHING WIDESPREAD 105+ DEGREE POTENTIAL...ALTHOUGH THE SUN-TUES TIME FRAME WILL PUT SEVERAL COUNTIES INTO THE 100-104 HEAT INDEX RANGE...ESPECIALLY SOUTHEAST. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 900 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 281200- 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- 900 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BE ON THE STRONG TO SEVERE SIDE...WITH HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LINGER ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON THURSDAY...MAINLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON...EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE BETTER CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 6. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. VARIOUS...MAINLY SMALL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXIST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY TIME FRAME...AND THEN AGAIN NEXT TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...NO PARTICULAR DAY APPEARS FAVORED FOR WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...AT LEAST A FEW STORMS BETWEEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS CONSISTING OF WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 70 MPH...AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. IN ADDITION...FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA WILL AGAIN REGISTER HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES INTO THE 101 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE...ESPECIALLY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 281 IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) WESELY
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1219 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1215 AM TSTM WND GST PHILLIPSBURG 39.75N 99.32W
07/28/2011 M81 MPH PHILLIPS KS AWOS
PHILLIPSBURG AIRPORT AWOS 58 MPH WIND GUSTING TO 81 MPH
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WESELYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1224 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1220 AM TSTM WND DMG GLADE 39.68N 99.31W
07/28/2011 PHILLIPS KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWER OUTAGES REPORTED
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WESELYSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1251 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
KSZ017-018-280615-
OSBORNE KS-ROOKS KS-
1251 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN OSBORNE AND EASTERN
ROOKS COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...
AT 1249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WOODSTON TO STOCKTON TO PLAINVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY RAIN.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN ROOKS COUNTY.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.
LAT...LON 3917 9942 3956 9940 3957 9906 3957 9885
3925 9891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0551Z 212DEG 23KT 3954 9915 3941 9918
3929 9932PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
102 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1254 AM TSTM WND GST 2 W CEDAR 39.66N 98.98W
07/28/2011 E70 MPH SMITH KS COUNTY OFFICIAL
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FAYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
103 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1257 AM TSTM WND GST SMITH CENTER 39.78N 98.78W
07/28/2011 M52 MPH SMITH KS AWOS
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FAYPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
130 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0127 AM TSTM WND GST 1 N BURR OAK 39.88N 98.30W
07/28/2011 E55 MPH JEWELL KS CO-OP OBSERVER
WINDS DUE TO THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW GUSTING BETWEEN 50 AND
55 MPH.
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BRYANTThe Grand Island radar (KUEX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:31 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts were estimated between 55 and 60 MPH, causing the town of Red Cloud to lose power.
Wind gusts were estimated at 60 MPH, causing tree damage in town, including at least one tree uprooted and several large branches knocked down.
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