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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Hastings, NE

November 5, 2000Hamilton County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 2000, 4:34 PM CST for Hamilton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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
Nov 5, 2000, 4:34 PM CST (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2000, 5:15 PM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

County Hamilton County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-11-05Temperature 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2000-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 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.

774 
WFUS53 KGID 052234
TORGRI
NEC081-052315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
434 PM CST SUN NOV 5 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 PM CST

* AT 432 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF GILTNER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF    
  HASTINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  GILTNER AT 450 PM CST
  PHILLIPS AT 500 PM CST
  STOCKHAM AT 505 PM CST
  AURORA AT 515 PM CST

PEOPLE IN HAMILTON 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.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 4:21 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDClay24 min
Nov 5, 5:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams47 min
Nov 5, 5:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster26 min
Nov 5, 5:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Polk, York38 min
Nov 5, 5:38 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDAdams37 min
Nov 5, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDPolk, York50 min
Nov 5, 5:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin44 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.