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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Hastings, NE

April 26, 1986Fillmore County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 1986, 8:06 PM CST for Fillmore County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1986, 8:06 PM CST (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1986, 8:30 PM CST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fillmore County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1986-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 1986-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 270206
TORGRI
NEC059-169-270230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND ISLAND NE
806 PM CST SAT APR 26 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...SOUTHERN FILLMORE AND THAYER

AT 8 PM CST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED JUST EAST OF HEBRON NEBRASKA
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR.  CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN..TRY TO HIDE IN A DEPRESSION LIKE
A DITCH OR CULVERT.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF TORNADOES..LARGE HAIL..DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

TIGNOR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 6:01 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDHall, Hamilton, Merrick9 min
Apr 26, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDThayer30 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1986Every tornado warning in 1986Tornadoes in 1986

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.