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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

June 9, 2003Valley County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2003, 7:58 PM CDT for Valley County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2003, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Valley County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 9, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 301 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3407 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KGID 100058
TORGID
NEC175-100145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
757 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS RE-ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  VALLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 752 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST
  OF ORD...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW...MOVING EAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ORD AT 820 PM CDT...
  

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. A LARGE TORNADO HAS BEEN
SIGHTED. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL VALLEY COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
ACT NOW TO SAVE YOUR LIFE.

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 4166 9928 4148 9928 4145 9878 4168 9878
&
$$
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDValley51 min
Jun 9, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard60 min
Jun 9, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman65 min
Jun 9, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGreeley41 min
Jun 9, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGreeley36 min
Jun 9, 9:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward62 min
Jun 9, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance67 min
Jun 9, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick52 min
Jun 9, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHoward31 min
Jun 9, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk52 min
Jun 9, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton64 min
Jun 9, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork53 min
Jun 9, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork30 min
Jun 9, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer51 min
Jun 10, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.