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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2005, 6:21 PM CDT for Howard County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 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 7, 2005, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2005, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 7, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -225 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGID 072321 TORGID NEC093-080015- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0020.050507T2321Z-050508T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 621 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF BOELUS...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BOELUS AT 630 PM CDT... DANNEBROG AT 635 PM CDT... ELBA AT 640 PM CDT... PEOPLE IN HOWARD COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4104 9874 4105 9828 4139 9828 4139 9874 $$ CARMEL/NELSON
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGID 072336 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 636 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 NEC093-080015- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050508T0015Z/ HOWARD NE- 636 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR HOWARD COUNTY... AT 632 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF CAIRO...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BOELUS AT 645 PM CDT... DANNEBROG AT 705 PM CDT... ST. PAUL AT 715 PM CDT... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4104 9874 4105 9828 4139 9828 4139 9874 $$ CARMEL/NELSON
000 WWUS53 KGID 072348 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 648 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 NEC093-080015- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050508T0015Z/ HOWARD NE- 648 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR HOWARD COUNTY... AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF DANNEBROG...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ST. LIBORY AT 645 PM CDT... DANNEBROG AT 655 PM CDT... FARWELL AT 710 PM CDT... ELBA AT 715 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. LAT...LON 4104 9874 4105 9828 4139 9828 4139 9874 $$ CARMEL/NELSON
000 WWUS53 KGID 080004 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 704 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 NEC093-080015- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050508T0015Z/ HOWARD NE- 704 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR HOWARD COUNTY... AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF ST. LIBORY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ST. PAUL AT 705 PM CDT... CUSHING AT 715 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4104 9874 4105 9828 4139 9828 4139 9874 $$ CARMEL/NELSON
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 7, 1:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 1:54 PM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 154 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 .SHORT TERM...THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT THIS EVENING...AND CONVECTION CHANCES ON SUNDAY. SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED THE DRYLINE PUSHING INTO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF NEBRASKA THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED THROUGH WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA FROM A LOW CENTER IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED CUMULUS DEVELOPING ALONG FRONT IN WESTERN NEBRASKA. SURFACE BASED CAPES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA PUSHING UP TO 1500 J/KG BY 17Z. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW IS IN PLACE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 50S. PROFILER DATA SHOWING A JET STREAK MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS...WITH UP TO 80 KT MAXIMA. SHORT WAVE TROUGH EXTENDING SOUTHEAST FROM UPPER LEVEL LOW CAN BE SEEN THROUGH WESTERN KANSAS...MOVING TO THE NORTH. EXPECT CAPE VALUES TO APPROACH 2500 J/KG BY EARLY EVENING...WITH 0 TO 6 KM SHEAR VALUES UP TO 50 KTS. INITIAL CONVECTION SHOULD FIRE ALONG THE COLD FRONT AND EVENTUALLY PUSH EAST INTO THE AREA. MAIN THREAT SHOULD BE LARGE HAIL...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. FRONTAL POSITION WILL BE THE MAIN DETERMINER OF CONVECTION ON SUNDAY. EXPECT THE FRONT TO BE IN OR NEAR THE FORECAST AREA BY 08/18Z. CAPE VALUES AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING 3500 J/KG BY 08/21Z...BUT THE AVAILABLE SHEAR IS VERY WEAK. MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA BY SUNDAY EVENING. THERE MAY BE A FEW WRAP AROUND SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN ZONES. MONDAY WILL BE MUCH COOLER THAN SUNDAY. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. TUESDAY BEGINS WITH SHORTWAVE RIDGING BEHIND DEPARTING TROUGH TO THE EAST...AND AHEAD OF NEXT DIGGING TROUGH ALONG THE WESTERN CONUS. WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGINS TO LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE CWA TUESDAY...AND SOUTHERN ZONES SHOULD WARM INTO THE 80S. PATTERN BECOMES MORE ACTIVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK...WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WITH POTENT UPPER LOW OVER THE ROCKIES. MOISTURE RETURNS LATE TUESDAY IN INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW WITH DEEPENING SFC LOW IN THE HIGH PLAINS. WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH TUESDAY NIGHT AND IS ORIENTED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. IF THIS PLACEMENT HOLDS...CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN TO OUR NORTH AND WEST AS WELL TUESDAY NIGHT. CHANCES FOR CONVECTION INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK...AS PIECES OF ENERGY ARE EJECTED FROM MEAN TROUGH TO THE WEST AND LIFT ONTO THE PLAINS. FRONTAL BOUNDARY GRADUALLY SHIFTS SOUTH INTO OUR REGION...INCREASING THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL IN OUR AREA. UPPER LOW IS SLOW TO FILL AND LIFT OUT ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS NEXT WEEK AND CHCS FOR THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. IF SYSTEM SLOWS FURTHER...CHCS WILL NEED TO BE EXTENDED INTO SATURDAY. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. && NELSON
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 4:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 412 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-081200- ADAMS NE-BUFFALO NE-CLAY NE-DAWSON NE-FILLMORE NE-FRANKLIN NE- FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-GREELEY NE-HALL NE-HAMILTON NE-HARLAN NE- HOWARD NE-JEWELL KS-KEARNEY NE-MERRICK NE-MITCHELL KS-NANCE NE- NUCKOLLS NE-OSBORNE KS-PHELPS NE-PHILLIPS KS-POLK NE-ROOKS KS- SHERMAN NE-SMITH KS-THAYER NE-VALLEY NE-WEBSTER NE-YORK NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLAND...HASTINGS...HOLDREGE... KEARNEY...LEXINGTON...PHILLIPSBURG AND YORK 412 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE EVENING...AND THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHAST AT 35 MPH. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE GIVEN THE HIGHLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND MODERATE WIND SHEAR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 281 OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ALTHOUGH WIND SHEAR WILL REMAIN WEAK OVER THIS AREA...A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW A FEW OF THESE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. MONITOR LATER STATEMENTS FOR ANY POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE EVENING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 281. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWER CASE) NELSON/FAY
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 7, 5:42 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
542 PM CDT SAT MAY 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0539 PM HAIL KEARNEY 40.70N 99.08W
05/07/2005 2.00 INCH BUFFALO NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
HEINLEINLocal storm report, May 7, 5:45 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
545 PM CDT SAT MAY 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM HAIL 1 NE KEARNEY 40.71N 99.07W
05/07/2005 1.00 INCH BUFFALO NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
HEINLEINLocal storm report, May 7, 6:02 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
602 PM CDT SAT MAY 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TORNADO 3 E KEARNEY 40.70N 99.03W
05/07/2005 BUFFALO NE TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
HEINLEINLocal storm report, May 7, 6:03 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
603 PM CDT SAT MAY 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0602 PM TORNADO 3 E KEARNEY 40.70N 99.03W
05/07/2005 BUFFALO NE NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
HEINLEINLocal storm report, May 7, 6:08 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
608 PM CDT SAT MAY 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0605 PM TORNADO 1 W GIBBON 40.75N 98.86W
05/07/2005 BUFFALO NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
HEINLEINLocal storm report, May 7, 6:19 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
619 PM CDT SAT MAY 07 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM TORNADO 5 N WOOD RIVER 40.89N 98.60W
05/07/2005 HALL NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
0615 PM TORNADO 9 N SHELTON 40.91N 98.73W
05/07/2005 BUFFALO NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
HEINLEINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan, Phelps | 67 min |
| May 7, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson | 54 min |
| May 7, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phelps | 40 min |
| May 7, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 34 min |
| May 7, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Kearney | 32 min |
| May 7, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo | 64 min |
| May 7, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Sherman | 52 min |
| May 7, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phelps | 25 min |
| May 7, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hall | 56 min |
| May 7, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 54 min |
| May 7, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Valley | 32 min |
| May 7, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall | 19 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.