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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Hastings, NE

May 11, 2005Adams County, Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2005, 3:52 PM CDT for Adams County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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 11, 2005, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Adams County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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.

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 11, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGID 112052
TORGID
NEC001-181-112130-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0039.050511T2052Z-050511T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
352 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLADEN...OR ABOUT 23 MILES
  SOUTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BLUE HILL AT 400 PM CDT...
  AYR AT 420 PM CDT...
  ROSELAND AT 425 PM CDT...
  JUNIATA AT 430 PM CDT...

PEOPLE IN ADAMS AND WEBSTER COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT IMMEDIATELY AND GET INSIDE A STURDY
SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4020 9869 4020 9829 4069 9828 4069 9871

$$

WESLEY/NELSONJ

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGID 112105
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
405 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

NEC001-181-112130-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050511T2130Z/
ADAMS NE-WEBSTER NE-
405 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR WEBSTER AND ADAMS
COUNTIES...

AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BLADEN...OR ABOUT
19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BLADEN AT 405 PM CDT...
  AYR AT 420 PM CDT...
  ROSELAND AT 430 PM CDT...


LAT...LON 4020 9869 4020 9829 4069 9828 4069 9871
      4032 9871

$$

WESELY/NELSON

000 
WWUS53 KGID 112111
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
411 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

NEC181-112121-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050511T2130Z/
WEBSTER NE-
411 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEBSTER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4035 9871 4034 9827 4069 9828 4069 9871
      4040 9871

$$

NEC001-112130-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050511T2130Z/
ADAMS NE-
411 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR ADAMS COUNTY...

AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
HOLSTEIN...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTH AT
10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLSTEIN AT 430 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 4035 9871 4034 9827 4069 9828 4069 9871
      4040 9871

$$

WESELY/NELSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	38 min
May 10, 7:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Kearney	56 min
May 10, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Hall	47 min
May 10, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Phelps	23 min
May 10, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Howard	54 min
May 10, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo	49 min
May 10, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Merrick	58 min
May 10, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Hall	53 min
May 10, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams	48 min
May 10, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Howard	52 min
May 10, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Hamilton	53 min
May 10, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Merrick	63 min
May 10, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton	53 min
May 10, 8:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Hamilton	53 min
May 10, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	25 min
May 10, 9:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Polk	66 min
May 10, 9:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nance	57 min
May 10, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	York	66 min
May 10, 9:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Merrick	27 min
May 10, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk	36 min
May 11, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Kearney	49 min
May 11, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Harlan	66 min
May 11, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	58 min
May 11, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Webster	58 min
May 11, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Furnas, Harlan	47 min
May 11, 4:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Kearney	44 min
May 11, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams	64 min
May 11, 4:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper	53 min
May 11, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo, Kearney	49 min
May 11, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	33 min
May 11, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	60 min
May 11, 5:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams, Clay	42 min
May 11, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Gosper	46 min
May 11, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	57 min
May 11, 5:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Adams, Hall	4 hr
May 11, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton	61 min
May 11, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	66 min
May 11, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick	62 min
May 11, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Dawson	56 min
May 11, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phelps	64 min
May 11, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams	52 min
May 11, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	61 min
May 11, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton	39 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.