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WWUS83 KGID 021230
SPSGID
NEZ062-021400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
730 AM CDT MON AUG 2 2004

...HEAT BURST IN PROGRESS ACROSS HALL COUNTY...

SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN HASTINGS OF A HEAT BURST IN PROGRESS NEAR GRAND ISLAND AT 720
AM. A HEAT BURST IS CAUSED BY DECAYING THUNDERSTORMS TRANSPORTING
DRIER AIR FROM THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE SURFACE...
AND IS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY A SHARP RISE IN TEMPERATURE AND DROP IN
DEW POINT.  THE TEMPERATURE MAY BRIEFLY RISE TO JUST ABOVE 90 DEGREES
THIS MORNING BEFORE DROPPING AFTER 830 AM.

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LAWRENCE