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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2002, 10:04 PM CDT for Adams County, Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 min. 4 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
- Jul 24, 2002, 10:04 PM CDT (03:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2002, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Adams County, NE, Kearney County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 10:35 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Roseland, NE | |
| Jul 24, 10:40 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Kenesaw, NE | |
| Jul 24, 10:49 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Heartwell, NE | |
| Jul 24, 11:10 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Holstein, 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 nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 793 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3368 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
612
WFUS53 KGID 250304
TORGRI
NEC001-099-250400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1002 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
EASTERN KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 957 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF KENESAW...OR ABOUT 18
MILES EAST OF KEARNEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE LOWELL...
PROSSER...KENESAW...HEARTWELL...JUNIATA...HOLSTEIN...AND ROSELAND.
PEOPLE IN ADAMS AND EASTERN KEARNEY COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION. SEEK SHELTER NOW.
LAT...LON 4068 9869 4064 9889 4036 9891 4035 9828
4067 9829
GUYER
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Valley | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley | 55 min |
| Jul 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman | 64 min |
| Jul 24, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Howard | 70 min |
| Jul 24, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo | 66 min |
| Jul 24, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams | 44 min |
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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.