Tornado Warning 12, NWS Hastings, NE

Issued

Jul 3, 1996, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)

Expired

Jul 3, 1996, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Hastings, NE

Area

Whole counties

County Osborne County, KS

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
831 PM CDT WED JUL 3 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...EASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY
 
PERSONS IN THE RURAL AREAS OF OSBORNE COUNTY EAST OF HIGHWAY
281 SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!

AT 826 PM CDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS DETECTED BY HASTINGS DOPPLER
RADAR 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OSBORNE MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH. THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING THE
TORNADO SHOULD REMAIN OVER OPEN COUNTRY OF EASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF 2-3 INCH HAIL...WHICH IS AROUND BASEBALL
SIZE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES.
 
IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO...NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN IT IN A CAR. CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. INSTEAD...SEEK SHELTER IN A
NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A
CULVERT OR DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

BREWSTER

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NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jul 3, 2:12 PM CDT, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
215 PM CDT WED JUL 3 1996

...PRBLM WILL BE STORMS...TEMPS TOMR AS CLDS FROM PSBL MCS MAY NOT BE
OUT OF AREA TIL NOONISH...

LINE HAS HELD TOGETHER TODAY AND IS PROGRESSING THROUGH NRN CNTYS ATT.
SOME INTENSIFICATION NOTED IN PAST HOUR PER LDS...AND KUEX/KLNX 88DS.
THIS IS MAINLY TO NE OF CWA BUT TRENDS ARE SWRD. WITH PLENTLY OF SUN
AND INCRG MOISTURE TO THE SOUTH OF LINE...THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE.

STORMS TO SPREAD ACROSS AREA THIS AFTN AND EVENING AND WITH SOME DVLPMT
TO THE NORTH...EVEN NORTH CNTYS TO HAVE WDLY SCT ACTIVITY INTO EVENING.
THINGS WILL CALM DOWN FOR A TIME BEFORE NEXT SYS FORMS ON HI PLAINS AND
DIVES FOR US AFTER MIDNIGHT. WILL WORD SCT TRWS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN
LATE TONIGHT.

FOR TOMR...SOUTH PERIPHERY OF CNTYS SHOULD BE ON BACK SIDE OF MCS THRU
SUNRISE OR EVEN TO MID MORNING. RIDGE BUILDS A BIT STRONGER NEWRD AND
NEXT SYS TOMR AFTN/EVE SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM AREA.

AFTER THAT...RUILD IS FLATTENED BY SYSTEMS ROTATING THRU SO BETTER CHC
TRWS INTO FRI NIGHT AND THE WEEKEND.

AS FOR TEMPS...WILL FOLLOW PRETTY CLOSE TO GUIDANCE.

GRI 066/091 54       LXN 063/095 33
ODX 062/092 52       HEB 067/090 55
BLT 068/094 34

GURNEY

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