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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Hastings, NE

May 22, 2004Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2004, 9:22 PM CDT for Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 53 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 22, 2004, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 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 22, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2004-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2882 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2004-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
2882 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1091 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.2
Supercell composite
16.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGID 230222
TORGID
NEC169-230315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
922 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 919 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF HEBRON...OR ABOUT 43 MILES NORTH OF
  CONCORDIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ALEXANDRIA AROUND 930 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 4031 9789 4001 9789 4002 9739 4032 9737

$$
10

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDWebster43 min
May 22, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper, York64 min
May 22, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore17 min
May 22, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer16 min
May 22, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork59 min
May 22, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls58 min
May 22, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDDawson57 min
May 22, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDValley55 min
May 22, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPolk44 min
May 22, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Phelps58 min
May 22, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton42 min
May 22, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay, Fillmore67 min
May 22, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman66 min
May 22, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPolk49 min
May 22, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer61 min
May 22, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork58 min
May 22, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer56 min
May 22, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard53 min
May 22, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo25 min
May 22, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore36 min
May 22, 9:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFillmore6 hr
May 22, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore66 min
May 22, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls30 min
May 22, 10:11 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer49 min
May 22, 10:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDThayer6 hr

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.