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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2000, 8:44 PM CDT for Adams County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 2000, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Adams County, NE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:38 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Kenesaw, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 1130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2245 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
069 WFUS53 KGID 200145 TORGRI NEC001-200230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 844 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KENESAW...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KEARNEY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... KENESAW AT 900 PM CDT PROSSER AT 910 PM CDT JUNIATA AT 915 PM CDT HASTINGS AT 925 PM CDT HANSEN AT 930 PM CDT PEOPLE IN NORTHERN ADAMS COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF IN A VEHICLE...LEAVE IT IMMEDIATELY AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. $$ DDN NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phelps | 42 min |
| Jun 19, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Valley | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney, Phelps | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley | 51 min |
| Jun 19, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Kearney | 32 min |
| Jun 19, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney, Phelps | 26 min |
| Jun 19, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams | 37 min |
| Jun 19, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 43 min |
| Jun 19, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay | 41 min |
| Jun 19, 10:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Adams, Kearney | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 40 min |
| Jun 19, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 61 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.