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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Hastings, NE

June 19, 2000Adams County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2000, 9:38 PM CDT for Adams County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 min. 4 reports 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, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2000, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Adams County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 9:38 PM CDTHail 0.75Kenesaw, NE
Jun 19, 9:48 PM CDTHail 0.75Hastings, NE
Jun 19, 9:53 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EHastings, NE
Jun 19, 10:08 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 ERoseland, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1130 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

057 
WFUS53 KGID 200239
TORGRI
NEC001-200315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
938 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 936 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO
  2 MILES SOUTH OF HOLSTEIN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
  HASTINGS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ROSELAND AT 945 PM CDT
  AYR AT 1000 PM CDT

HASTINGS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING.  THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE SOUTH OF HASTINGS. 

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. A LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN
SIGHTED. PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
ACT NOW TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo59 min
Jun 19, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhelps42 min
Jun 19, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDValley45 min
Jun 19, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo40 min
Jun 19, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney, Phelps59 min
Jun 19, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGreeley51 min
Jun 19, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo41 min
Jun 19, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas55 min
Jun 19, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDKearney32 min
Jun 19, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams46 min
Jun 19, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney, Phelps26 min
Jun 19, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas65 min
Jun 19, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney45 min
Jun 19, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan52 min
Jun 19, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams43 min
Jun 19, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin43 min
Jun 19, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay41 min
Jun 19, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDAdams, Kearney3 hr
Jun 19, 10:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster40 min
Jun 19, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin61 min

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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.