Tornado Warning 46, NWS Hastings, NE

Issued

Aug 10, 1999, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 1999, 9:15 PM CDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Hastings, NE

Area

Whole counties

Counties Phillips County, KS, Harlan County, NE

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KGRI 110136 RRA
TORGRI
KSC147-NEC083-110215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
837 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN...
  NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 833 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF PHILLIPSBURG...OR 2 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF LONG ISLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS NORTH OF LONG 
ISLAND.

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN PHILLIPS AND SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN COUNTIES
SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD
WITH YOUR HANDS.
N
$$

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Aug 10, 2:46 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
246 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 1999

...CHANCE FOR PRECIP AND EFFECT ON WED TEMPS CONCERN THIS FCST...

TDA LOOKS TO BE THE LAST TRANQUIL DAY AS UPPER SYSTEM OFF CA COAST
FCST TO WEAKEN AND PUSH ENE. AHEAD OF IT SEVERAL SHORTWAVES TO
AFFECT OUR AREA WITH THE DIFFICULTY BEING THE TIMING AND LOCATION.
FIRST ONE ROTATING NNE THRU NM INTO CO THIS MORNING SHOULD IMPACT
US TONIGHT. ETA PRETTY ROBUST WITH THIS WAVE AS IT SLIDES THRU CWA
LATER TONIGHT INTO WED.  HIGHER OMEGA VALUES FURTHER SOUTH IN AREA
OF WARM ADVECTION WHICH SEEMS REASONABLE WITH LOW LEVEL JET SETTING
UP FROM WESTERN PART OF CWA LATER THIS EVENING AND KEEP IT MORE
OVER WEST UNTIL 12Z WED.  HPC NOTES POSSIBLE MCS SETTING UP OVER
WESTERN NEB TNGHT AND PUSHING EAST. SFC BNDRY TOUGH TO LOCATE IN
KS...AND PROBABLY BEST SEEN WITH DEVELOPING CU FIELD ON VIS IMAGE.

WHILE MODELS DIFFER QUITE A BIT ON AMOUNT OF PRECIP...ETA AND NGM
DUMP A LOT WHILE AVN MORE MODEST...THEY AGREE SOMEWHAT ON PUSHING
IT THROUGH CWA WEST TO EAST ON WED.  THIS TO HAVE BIG EFFECT ON
TEMPS AS LINGERING CLOUDS/SHOWERS COULD HOLD MERCURY DOWN. WILL GO
HIGHER IN WEST THAN EAST ON WED.  WILL ALSO KEEP TSTM CHC GOING
WED/WED NIGHT AS UPPER WINDS INCR AND EXPECT BNDRYS TO REMAIN FROM
OVERNIGHT.  THURS COULD ALSO BE INTERESTING WITH COLD FRONT PASSAGE
AND SHORTWV ENERGY MOVING ACROSS JUST TO THE NORTH.

THINGS LOOK TO DRY OUT FRI INTO THE WEEKEND. SFC FRONT COULD MOVE
IN ON SUNDAY AND KICK OFF TSTMS...BUT WILL KEEP DRY FOR NOW.

.GID...NONE.

EWALD

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