Tornado Warning 6, NWS Hastings, NE

Issued

Jun 11, 1997, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)

Expired

Jun 11, 1997, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Hastings, NE

Area

Whole counties

County Sherman County, NE

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

433 
WFUS1 KGRI 120047 RRA
TORGRI
NEC163-120115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
747 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS NE  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTY
 
AT 745 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ROCKVILLE OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED
3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCKVILLE AT 739 PM BY THE ROCKVILLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT. PERSONS IN ROCKVILLE AND AREAS SOUTHEAST NEED TO BE IN THEIR
STORM SHELTERS AT THIS TIME. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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.
 
 
 
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NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 11, 2:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.

CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
253 PM CDT WED JUN 11 1997

TSTMS AND TEMPS MAIN CHALLENGES.

LONE SVR STORM CURRENTLY RUMBLING ACROSS ERN CWA IN AREA OF SFC MSTR
CONVG INVOF H7 S/W CLEARLY EVIDENT ON PROFILERS. ALSO SHOWN IS LFQ
OF H3 JET ON PROFILERS.  WV IMGRY SHOWS SECONDARY S/W HAS CAUGHT UP
WITH REMNANT CONVECTION FROM THIS MORNING/INITIAL S/W.  THIS HAS
INTENSIFIED STORMS ATTM.  AT CURRENT MOVMENT...THESE SHOULD BE OUT OF
AREA BY ISSUANCE TIME.

FARTHER WEST...CLEARING HAS OCCURRED WITH TEMPS NEAR 80. WRN EDGE OF
MSTR AXIS EXTENDS ACROSS WC NEBR INTO WRN KS INTO LOW VCNTY OF VTN.
ADAP CONTINUES TO INDCT BEST MSTR CONVG OVER NW NEBR/SW SDAK
AND INTO NW KS. WHILE SOME STORMS COULD FORM ALONG MSTR GRAD/TROF...
NO UPPER SHORT WAVE EVIDENT ON PROFS OR WV IMGRY.  THE LOW IS PROGGED
TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND DROP A WIND SHIFT SOUTH WITH IT OVERNIGHT.
ANY THAT DO FORM COULD BE SVR AS PER SWODY1.  COULD BE MORE LATE TNGT
ALONG SFC BNDRY SO WILL NOT ATTEMPT TO TIME PCPN OVERNIGHT .

WHILE FWC GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO HIT TSTMS PROBS HARD THRU PERIOD...
WILL STAY WELL BLO NUMBERS.  ONE JET MAX HEADING NE ACROSS NEVADA
ATTM MAY COME INTO PLAY TOMORROW...HWVR WITH SFC BNDRY SOUTH OF FA...
BETTER CHANCES SHUD BE THU NGT.

WITH NEW UPPER LOW OVER SW US...SERIES OF WAVES EJECTING OUT OF IT...
AM NOT CONFIDENT IN MODELS DEPICTION OF THESE FEATURES FOR LATTER
PDS OF FCST.   WILL CONTINUE BLANKET POPS THU NGT INTO FRIDAY.

TEMPWISE...
PREFER ETA WITH MOVMNT OF SFC LOW TAKING IT FARTHER SOUTH BY THURS.
THEREFORE...WILL GO WITH COOLER FAN READINGS FOR MAXES THURSDAY.
FWC/FAN COMPRMS LOOKS IN ORDER FOR REMAINING PDS.

GRI BB 060/076/058/075 6133
ODX BB 059/076/057/075 6133
LXN BB 057/077/056/078 6133
HBR BB 062/080/060/079 5233
BEL BB 064/083/062/080 4333

DROZD

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