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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE

May 17, 2000Sherman County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2000, 7:01 PM CDT for Sherman County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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
May 17, 2000, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2000, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Sherman County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 17, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 2000-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 488 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2000-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 516 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
488 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
516 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
802 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
14.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGID 180003
TORGRI
NEC163-180030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
701 PM CDT WED MAY 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 701 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 33 MILES EAST OF BROKEN BOW...OR 4 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LOUP CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LOUP CITY AT 705 PM CDT

PEOPLE IN NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY 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.

$$

LAT...LON 4119 9918 4117 9895 4139 9891 4139 9918

NNNN
BW/KD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley43 min
May 17, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson34 min
May 17, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Hall30 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes in 2000

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.