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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 5, 1994, 8:58 PM CDT for Clay County, Fillmore County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1994, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1994, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, York County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Sutton, NE | |
| May 5, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Geneva, NE | Three small tornadoes touched down simultaneously near Geneva. |
| May 5, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Geneva, NE | Three small tornadoes touched down simultaneously near Geneva. |
| May 5, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Geneva, NE | Three small tornadoes touched down simultaneously near Geneva. |
| May 5, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Ong, NE | A small tornado touched down northeast of Ong. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGRI 060203 TORGRI NEC185-035-059-060245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 858 PM CDT THU MAY 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...SOUTHERN YORK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY...FILLMORE COUNTY AT 900 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 5 LMILES SOUTWEST OF HENDERSON OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF YORK. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT SUTTON AND GENEVA BY 920 PM. TENNIS BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. 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. APFEL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 5, 6:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 640 PM CDT THU MAY 05 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 635 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ONE STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR ST LIBORY...WHILE ANOTHER WAS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR PALMER. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE TOWNS OF CENTRAL CITY AND CHAPMAN...OR TO THE NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND. NIETFELD
Special weather statement, May 5, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-060030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 640 PM CDT THU MAY 05 1994 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AT 635 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ONE STORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR ST LIBORY...WHILE ANOTHER WAS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND NEAR PALMER. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE MOVING OVER THE TOWNS OF CENTRAL CITY AND CHAPMAN...OR TO THE NORTHEAST OF GRAND ISLAND. NIETFELD
Local storm report, May 5, 8:48 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 850 PM CDT THU MAY 5 1994 PRELIMINARY.... TIME LOCATION EVENT 710 PM 4NW ST LIBORY 1 1/4" HAIL 735 PM CHAPMAN GPLFBALL SIZE HAIL 740 PM 3W &5N AURARA GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL/60-70 MPH WND 743 PM HENDERSON FUNNEL CLD 745 PM AURARA 2N 1" HAIL 805 PM AURARA 3SW TORNADO 805 PM 8S HENDERSON TORNADO 835 PM AURARA BASEBALL HAIL BW
Local storm report, May 5, 8:50 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 850 PM CDT THU MAY 5 1994 PRELIMINARY.... TIME LOCATION EVENT 710 PM 4NW ST LIBORY 1 1/4" HAIL 735 PM CHAPMAN GPLFBALL SIZE HAIL 740 PM 3W &5N AURARA GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL/60-70 MPH WND 743 PM HENDERSON FUNNEL CLD 745 PM AURARA 2N 1" HAIL 805 PM AURARA 3SW TORNADO 805 PM 8S HENDERSON TORNADO 835 PM AURARA BASEBALL HAIL BW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard | 30 min |
| May 5, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 34 min |
| May 5, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 55 min |
| May 5, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore | 56 min |
| May 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay, York | 44 min |
| May 5, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 44 min |
| May 5, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore | 52 min |
| May 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 32 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.