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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Hastings, NE

November 5, 2000Polk County, York County, Nebraska

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

Counties Polk County, NE, York County, NE

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

000 
WFUS53 KGID 052341
TORGRI

NEC143-185-060030-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  NORTHERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 536 PM CST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER
  SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF POLK...
  OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  POLK AT 550 PM CST
  BENEDICT AT 555 PM CST
  STROMSBURG AT 610 PM CST
  GRESHAM AT 620 PM CST
  OSCEOLA AT 625 PM CST

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED.
PEOPLE IN POLK AND NORTHERN YORK 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
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, 4:34 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDHamilton41 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, 5:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.