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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Hastings, NE

May 4, 2003Howard County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2003, 2:03 AM CDT for Howard County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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
May 4, 2003, 2:03 AM CDT (07:03 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2003, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Howard County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 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
May 3, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2003-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 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 2003-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-302 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

158 
WFUS53 KGID 040703
TORGID
NEC093-040745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
203 AM CDT SUN MAY 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND POTENTIAL TORNADO OVER
  DANNEBROG...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS SEVERE STORM COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT
  ANY TIME.

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND POTENTIAL TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ST. PAUL AT 210 AM CDT
  CUSHING AT 225 AM CDT

PEOPLE IN CENTRAL HOWARD COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A
BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

LAT...LON 4131 9873 4107 9869 4107 9831 4136 9829
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall44 min
May 4, 1:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman62 min
May 4, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman30 min
May 4, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward27 min
May 4, 1:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick48 min
May 4, 1:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley56 min
May 4, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Nance63 min
May 4, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick51 min
May 4, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk61 min
May 4, 5:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman39 min
May 4, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall42 min
May 4, 11:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps55 min
May 4, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo52 min
May 4, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton53 min
May 4, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward61 min
May 4, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick59 min
May 4, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney62 min
May 4, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo59 min
May 4, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps62 min
May 4, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard64 min
May 4, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick26 min
May 4, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance49 min
May 4, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams48 min
May 4, 1:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney66 min
May 4, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay59 min
May 4, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton63 min
May 4, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMerrick48 min
May 4, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork62 min
May 4, 2:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPolk59 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.