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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Hastings, NE

May 16, 2004Sherman County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2004, 7:20 PM CDT for Sherman County, Nebraska. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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 16, 2004, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sherman County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 16, 7:25 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Ashton, 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
May 16, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 16, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 991 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGID 170020
TORGID
NEC163-170100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
719 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A   LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
  TORNADOES.  THESE   TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A 
  LINE EXTENDING FROM   10 MILES WEST OF LOUP CITY TO 11 MILES WEST OF 
  LITCHFIELD...OR   ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES EAST OF 
  BROKEN BOW TO 23 MILES   SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN BOW...AND MOVING EAST 
  AT 25 MPH. THIS WARNING    WILL EXTEND THE PREVIOUS WARNING.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LITCHFIELD AROUND 735 PM CDT...
  LOUP CITY AROUND 750 PM CDT...
  SHERMAN RESERVOIR DAM AROUND 755 PM CDT...
  ASHTON AND ROCKVILLE AROUND 800 PM CDT...

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 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4139 9915 4114 9952 4106 9879 4138 9876

$$
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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Howard	36 min
May 16, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Greeley	38 min
May 16, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	57 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.