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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Hastings, NE

October 29, 2000Hall County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2000, 10:26 AM CST for Hall County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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
Oct 29, 2000, 10:26 AM CST (16:26 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2000, 11:00 AM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Hall County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 12:00Z on 2000-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 2000-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGID 291627
TORGRI

NEC079-291700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1026 AM CST SUN OCT 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST

* AT 1022 AM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
  NEAR HANSEN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 15 
  MPH. DOPPLER RADAR CONFIRMS A DEVELOPING TORNADO WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...

  WOOD RIVER
  ALDA
  DONIPHAN

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN SIGHTED.
PEOPLE IN HALL COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME...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.

$$

&

LAT...LON 4071 9869 4071 9831 4098 9833 4100 9868

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 1:20 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Clay25 min
Oct 29, 2:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Merrick, Nance48 min
Oct 29, 3:12 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Nance33 min
Oct 29, 3:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance28 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.