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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Hastings, NE

June 22, 2003Merrick County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2003, 9:39 PM CDT for Merrick County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 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 22, 2003, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Merrick County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2534 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
2534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGID 230239
TORGID
NEC121-230330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
937 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 933 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLARKS...OR ABOUT 31 MILES
  WEST OF COLUMBUS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SILVER CREEK AT 1000 PM CDT...

THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO PASS NORTH OF CLARKS TOWARDS SLIVER 
CREEK.  THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED A TORNADO IN NANCE COUNTY TO THE 
SOUTH OF FULLERTON.  PEOPLE TO THE WEST OF CLARKS ARE NOT IN DANGER 
AT THIS TIME.

PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN MERRICK COUNTY 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 4139 9760 4134 9760 4122 9778 4122 9799
          4128 9800 4130 9790 4130 9771 4139 9769
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork54 min
Jun 22, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton32 min
Jun 22, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore59 min
Jun 22, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer62 min
Jun 22, 7:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDThayer6 hr
Jun 22, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk61 min
Jun 22, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton44 min
Jun 22, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward57 min
Jun 22, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork59 min
Jun 22, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley53 min
Jun 22, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Nuckolls63 min
Jun 22, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams42 min
Jun 22, 8:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer64 min
Jun 22, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance55 min
Jun 22, 9:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNance59 min
Jun 22, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton56 min
Jun 22, 9:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFillmore6 hr
Jun 22, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Valley53 min
Jun 22, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer64 min
Jun 22, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls59 min
Jun 22, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls40 min
Jun 22, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork55 min
Jun 22, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton65 min
Jun 22, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley64 min
Jun 22, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls57 min
Jun 22, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer62 min
Jun 22, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore60 min
Jun 22, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls46 min
Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDNuckolls6 hr
Jun 23, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan64 min
Jun 23, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster59 min
Jun 23, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDWebster45 min
Jun 23, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin55 min
Jun 23, 1:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDThayer4 hr
Jun 23, 1:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls54 min
Jun 23, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps61 min
Jun 23, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney63 min
Jun 23, 2:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDWebster6 hr
Jun 23, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams60 min
Jun 23, 3:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps43 min
Jun 23, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo61 min
Jun 23, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams31 min
Jun 23, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley63 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.