Tornado Warning 16, NWS Hastings, NE

Issued

Jul 7, 1996, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)

Expired

Jul 7, 1996, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Hastings, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, NE, Harlan County, NE

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.

000 
TTAA00 KGRI 080224
TORGRI
NEC061-083-080300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
922 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...EASTERN HARLAN COUNTY
 
...PERSONS IN REPUBLICAN CITY AND NAPONEE SHOULD GO TO YOUR BASEMENT OR
TORNADO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY!
 
AT 920...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST SOUTHEAST OF
HUNTLEY...OR 38 MILES SOUTH OF KEARNEY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.  FUNNELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY HARLAN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
WITH THIS STORM.  THE SIRENS ARE SOUNDING IN REPUBLICAN CITY AT THIS
TIME.  THE HARLAN LAKE AREA WILL LIKELY BE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
THIS WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ISSUED EARLIER FOR THE
SAME AREA.
 
ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES.  GO TO A REINFORCED SHELTER OR
HIDE IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
 
MLM/JG
 
 
&

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jul 7, 2:09 PM CDT, 7 hours 13 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
208 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 1996

LOCATION OF THUNDESTORMS AND HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT ARE FORECAST CONCERNS.

MIDDAY SFC ANAL CONTINUED TO SHOW OLD FRONTAL BOUNDRY IN SRN KS WITH DEW
POINTS >65 INTO SC NEB AND >70 IN NC KS.  PROFILER DATA INDICATES S/W
MOVG OUT OF SE WY INTO NEB P/H.  ONLY RETURNS AT PRESENT ON 88D IS IN
JEWELL CO KS.  THIS MORNING TRW WAS OBSERVERED WITH VERY WEAK RETURNS
<30DB.  UPSLOPE IN WRN NEB AND NW KS.

ONLY MODEL LOOKED AT WAS THE NGM.  X-SECTION ACROSS CWA SHOWS PVA FROM
02Z-09Z.  GRIDDED DATA ALSO INDICATES POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAIN FROM
LATER TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.  8/7H QV CONVERGENCE ALSO INDICATED
OVERNIGHT.  BOTTOM LINE IS AS S/W MOVES INTO MOISTURE TONIGHT TRW  SHOULD
BEGIN TO FIRE AND SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG AND HAVE HEAVY RAIN.
STORMS LIKELY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.  WITH THE CLOUDS AND PRECIP ON
MONDAY TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE COOLER THAN THE LAST WEEK OR SO BEFORE
INCREASING BY MID WEEK AS A WARM FRONT PUSHES BACK ACROSS THE AREA.
GRI 066/079 75                    HBR 067/082 75
ODX 062/078 64                    BEL 068/086 55
LXN 063/078 74P

GRIFFITH

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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.