Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2002, 5:26 PM CDT for Polk County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 12, 2002, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2002, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Polk County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:42 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Stromsburg, 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 2034 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 700 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.5
- Supercell composite
- -2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KGID 122226
TORGRI
NEC143-122315-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
526 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF POLK...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
NORTH OF YORK...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
STROMSBURG AT 540 PM CDT
PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN POLK 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 4122 9775 4117 9782 4106 9782 4105 9737
4121 9737
NNNN
GURNEYWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 12, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 4:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 410 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002 ...FORECAST CONCERN IS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING... SHORT AFD THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO ONGOING CONVECTION. SURFACE ANALYSIS HAS FRONTAL BOUNDARY CUTTING ACROSS NEB...BASICALLY FROM JUST SOUTH OF OMAHA WESTWARD. BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCAL POINT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN AN ALREADY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. LATEST COORDINATION WITH SPC INDICATES NEW TOR WATCH #421...TO REPLACE OLD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #417...GOES THROUGH 9 PM. NEW WATCH COVERS NEB CWA FOR NOW FROM VALLEY COUNTY TO FRANKLIN...AND AREAS EASTWARD. MODELS DO SUGGEST MID LEVEL STEERING SHOULD KICK FRONT OUT EVENTUALLY. .GID...NONE. DEE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 12, 1:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
158 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0125 PM 3 SW GLADE KS TORNADO
06/12/02 PHILLIPS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 12, 2:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
205 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0121 PM 9 NW STOCKTON KS TORNADO
06/12/02 ROOKS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 12, 2:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
212 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1245 PM 4 W NEWARK NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 KEARNEY REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 12, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
315 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0310 PM 8 NE NELSON NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 NUCKOLLS REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jun 12, 3:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
352 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0339 PM 10 S PLAINVILLE KS TORNADO
06/12/02 ROOKS REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:15 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
515 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0513 PM CLARKS NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/12/02 MERRICK REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 59 min |
| Jun 12, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | York | 59 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.