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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Hastings, NE

July 22, 2000Dawson County, Gosper County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2000, 7:27 PM CDT for Dawson County, Gosper County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 22, 2000, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dawson County, NE, Gosper County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 7:31 PM CDTHail 1Darr, 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 nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2000-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1000 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 2000-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
1000 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGID 230029
TORGRI

NEC047-073-230115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
727 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  GOSPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR JOHNSON LAKE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF LEXINGTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  JOHNSON LAKE AT 740 PM CDT
  ELWOOD AT 800 PM CDT
  SMITHFIELD AT 805 PM CDT

PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN DAWSON AND GOSPER COUNTIES 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
F0LAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THIS WARNING WILL REPLACE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR DAWSON
AND GOSPER COUNTY.

$$

LAT...LON 4035 10013 4036 9967 4080 9967 4083 10016

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGosper55 min
Jul 22, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.