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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Hastings, NE

October 31, 2000Dawson County, Gosper County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2000, 5:40 PM CST for Dawson County, Gosper County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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
Oct 31, 2000, 5:40 PM CST (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Oct 31, 2000, 6:30 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dawson County, NE, Gosper County, NE

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 31, 5:55 PM CSTHail 1.25Cozad, NE
Oct 31, 6:12 PM CSTTornado F2Darr, 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
Oct 31, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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 12:00Z on 2000-10-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-10-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1406 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 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 312341
TORGRI

NEC047-073-010030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
540 PM CST TUE OCT 31 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 538 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO 23 MILES SOUTH OF COZAD...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
  LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

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

  COZAD

PEOPLE IN WESTERN DAWSON AND NORTHWESTERN GOSPER COUNTIES 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 4053 10021 4047 9999 4104 9975 4108 9997

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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.