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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2002, 7:25 PM CDT for Furnas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 65 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2002, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2002, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Furnas County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Bartley, NE | |
| May 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Bartley, NE | Weak tornado developed 5 miles SE of Bartley at 17:30 and tracked southeast across open fields, reaching the Furnas County line 9 miles SE of Bartley at 17:40. No known injuries or damage. |
| May 26, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Wilsonville, NE | This tornado exited Red Willow County and entered Furnas county northwest of Wilsonville. The tornado was observed by a chase team and crossed open county. |
| May 26, 7:52 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Cambridge, NE | |
| May 26, 8:12 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 58 E | Wilsonville, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 26, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 110 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGID 270025 TORGRI NEC065-270130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 724 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... FURNAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF CAMBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF MCCOOK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED WITH THIS STORM. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WILSONVILLE AT 750 PM CDT PEOPLE IN SOUTHWESTERN FURNAS COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4038 10029 4024 10045 4000 10016 4000 9964 NNNN 09
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 44 min |
| May 26, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Merrick, Nance | 51 min |
| May 26, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney | 53 min |
| May 26, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 63 min |
| May 26, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Kearney | 45 min |
| May 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Polk, York | 67 min |
| May 26, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 64 min |
| May 26, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Harlan, Phelps | 61 min |
| May 26, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Franklin | 64 min |
| May 26, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Kearney | 44 min |
| May 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Harlan | 43 min |
| May 26, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 67 min |
| May 26, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 44 min |
| May 26, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 33 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.