Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 1999, 4:05 PM CDT for Fillmore County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 1999, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 1999, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fillmore County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 517 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KGRI 052107 RRA TORGRI NEC059-185-052130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 405 PM CDT MON APR 5 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN... NORTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 405 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YORK...OR 2 MILES NORTH OF EXETER...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS. A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT. IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...TAKE SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER A STURDY PIECE OF FURNITURE AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH A BLANKET OR PILLOW. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DROZD &
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.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 5, 2:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 2:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 217 PM CDT MON APR 5 1999 CLOSED UPPER LOW BEGINNING TO ZIP NEWD AND EXPECT MOST OF THE ACTION TO BE EAST OF FA BY VALID TIME OF FCST ALTHOUGH SOME WRAP-AROUND TO DEAL WITH. WILL WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT TO FINETUNE THE ENDING OF THE PRECIPITATION. SUBSIDENCE BEHIND SYSTEM SHOULD ALLOW FOR GOOD CLEARING OVERNIGHT. THAT LEADS TO CONCERN FOR FOG TOWARD SUNRISE WITH WET GROUND AREAWIDE. MODELS SUGGEST WEAKENING WINDS LATE TONIGHT AS TIGHTER GRADIENT MOVES OFF WITH SFC LOW. HOWEVER ATTM THINK DRIER AIR FILTERING IN AND WINDS STAYING UP ENOUGH FROM AN UNFAVORABLE DIRECTION SHOULD PRECLUDE DEVELOPMENT. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO WED NIGHT AND THURS AS NEXT SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE PLAINS. MODELS INCONSISTENT WITH HANDLING OF THE LOW PARTICULARLY WITH TIMING AS NGM IS FASTEST AND ETA SLOWEST. PREFER AVN HANDLING ATTM AS COMPROMISE SOLUTION WITH ITS RELATIVE SKILL RECENTLY TIMING THESE SYSTEMS. IN THE INTERIM SHORTWAVE RIDGING TO PRODUCE PRETTY NICE WEATHER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MOISTURE PER TIME SECTIONS IN VARIOUS MODELS. SOME MID LEVEL WARM ADVECTION PROGGED TUES NIGHT INTO EARLY WED COULD RESULT IN SOME AC. TEMPERATURES TO REBOUND NICELY WITH GOOD INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL TEMP PROFILE AS BEARABLE SLY WINDS TO PREVAIL BY TOMORROW EVENING. HOWEVER FAN AND FWC HAVING PROBLEMS COMING TO AGREEMENT FOR WED WITH GENERALLY 7 TO 10 DEGREE DIFFERENCE. FWC HAS BEEN SUPERIOR LATELY AND WILL LEAN TOWARD IT FOR NOW ALBEIT TOWARDS THE FAN SIDE...SIMILAR TO GOING FCST. FOR REMAINDER OF EXTENDED SOME QUESTION ABOUT POPS FOR FRIDAY AS UPPER LOW MOVES NE OF FA BUT TROUGH REMAINS OVER NRN PLAINS. HOWEVER AM PLANNING ON LEAVING FRIDAY DRY FOR NOW. UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE PLAINS DURING THE WEEKEND AND WILL THUS HAVE SATURDAY DRY AS WELL. .GID...NONE. BARRITT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 11:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-061200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1115 AM CDT MON APR 5 1999 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. SYNOPSIS... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM PROGRESSING THROUGH KANSAS WILL PROVIDE THE AREA WITH PERIODS OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END OVER THE AREA DURING THE EVENING. && THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING 30 COUNTIES... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... PHILLIPS ROOKS SMITH JEWELL OSBORNE MITCHELL IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... VALLEY GREELEY NANCE SHERMAN HOWARD MERRICK POLK YORK HAMILTON HALL BUFFALO DAWSON GOSPER PHELPS KEARNEY ADAMS CLAY FILLMORE THAYER NUCKOLLS WEBSTER FRANKLIN HARLAN FURNAS GURNEY
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 11:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-061200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1115 AM CDT MON APR 5 1999 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SPOTTER ACTION... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT. SYNOPSIS... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM PROGRESSING THROUGH KANSAS WILL PROVIDE THE AREA WITH PERIODS OF RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THE DAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. HOWEVER...NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END OVER THE AREA DURING THE EVENING. && THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING 30 COUNTIES... IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... PHILLIPS ROOKS SMITH JEWELL OSBORNE MITCHELL IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... VALLEY GREELEY NANCE SHERMAN HOWARD MERRICK POLK YORK HAMILTON HALL BUFFALO DAWSON GOSPER PHELPS KEARNEY ADAMS CLAY FILLMORE THAYER NUCKOLLS WEBSTER FRANKLIN HARLAN FURNAS GURNEY
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.