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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2004, 5:11 PM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 64 min. 5 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
- May 29, 2004, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dawson County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:12 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 4 W Lexington, NE | |
| May 29, 5:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | Sw Sumner, NE | REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| May 29, 5:40 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 2 N Cozad, NE | |
| May 29, 5:44 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Lexington, NE | |
| May 29, 5:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Cozad, NE | REPORTED ON BUFFALO ROAD WEST OF HIGHWAY 21. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -656 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 362 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
356 WFUS53 KGID 292211 TORGID NEC047-292315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 510 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 508 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO JUST SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. ANOTHER TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF GOTHENBURG. THESE TORNADOES WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... COZAD AND WILLOW ISLAND AROUND 525 PM CDT... GOTHENBURG AROUND 535 PM CDT... SUMNER AROUND 550 PM CDT... EDDYVILLE AROUND 600 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 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. LAT...LON 4070 10021 4071 9944 4103 9943 4104 10019 $$ NELSON/LAWRENCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 62 min |
| May 29, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 27 min |
| May 29, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson | 49 min |
| May 29, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 65 min |
| May 29, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 61 min |
| May 29, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Gosper | 39 min |
| May 29, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 46 min |
| May 29, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | York | 56 min |
| May 29, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 64 min |
| May 29, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay | 62 min |
| May 29, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson | 63 min |
| May 29, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk | 44 min |
| May 29, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman | 52 min |
| May 29, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Sherman | 45 min |
| May 29, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Sherman | 41 min |
| May 29, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Nance | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.