Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 74, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2004, 10:29 PM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 min. 12 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
- Jul 8, 2004, 10:29 PM CDT (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2004, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dawson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 10:29 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 W Cozad, NE | |
| Jul 8, 10:29 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 W Cozad, NE | |
| Jul 8, 10:29 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 W Cozad, NE | |
| Jul 8, 10:29 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 W Cozad, NE | |
| Jul 8, 10:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Cozad, NE | EAST WINDS AT 60-70 MPH WITH HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE |
| Jul 8, 10:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Cozad, NE | EAST WINDS AT 60-70 MPH WITH HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE |
| Jul 8, 10:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Cozad, NE | EAST WINDS AT 60-70 MPH WITH HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE |
| Jul 8, 10:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Cozad, NE | EAST WINDS AT 60-70 MPH WITH HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE |
| Jul 8, 10:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Sumner, NE | |
| Jul 8, 10:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Sumner, NE | |
| Jul 8, 10:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Sumner, NE | |
| Jul 8, 10:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 W Sumner, NE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 1868 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGID 090329 TORGID NEC047-090415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1028 PM CDT THU JUL 8 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COZAD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... EDDYVILLE AROUND 1050 PM CDT... LEXINGTON AROUND 1055 PM CDT... SUMNER AROUND 1105 PM CDT... OVERTON AROUND 1115 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. 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 4103 10020 4072 10019 4071 9943 4105 9943 $$ NELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phelps | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo | 46 min |
| Jul 8, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Kearney | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 65 min |
| Jul 8, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 11:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick | 57 min |
| Jul 9, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 51 min |
| Jul 9, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 68 min |
| Jul 9, 1:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Merrick, Nance | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 1:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Polk | 6 hr |
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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.