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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Hastings, NE

June 9, 2005Furnas County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 9, 2005, 5:08 PM CDT for Furnas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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: Jun 9, 2005, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2005, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Furnas County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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
Jun 9, 5:10 PM CDT	HAIL 2	Cambridge, NE	STARTED AROUND 510 PM AND LASTED FOR 5 MINUTES. SOME PEA SIZED HAIL THROUGH 6 PM CDT.
Jun 9, 5:51 PM CDT	HAIL 1	S Holbrook, 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
Jun 9, 2:10 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGID 092209
TORGID
NEC065-092300-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0049.050609T2208Z-050609T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
508 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  FURNAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES
  EAST OF MCCOOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...
  HOLBROOK...
  ARAPAHOE...
  CAMBRIDGE...

PEOPLE IN FURNAS COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF IN A VEHICLE...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 4033 10019 4012 10018 4015 9976 4028 9974
      4034 9982

$$
KING/WESELY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGID 092218
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
517 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

NEC065-092300-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050609T2300Z/
FURNAS NE-
517 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR FURNAS COUNTY...

AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HOLBROOK...OR ABOUT 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTON...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  HOLBROOK...
  ARAPAHOE...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4034 10016 4012 10014 4015 9977 4028 9974
      4034 9982

$$

KING/WESELY

000 
WWUS53 KGID 092234
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
533 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

NEC065-092300-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050609T2300Z/
FURNAS NE-
533 PM CDT THU JUN 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR FURNAS COUNTY...

AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
HOLBROOK...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF NORTON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...
  BEAVER CITY...
  HENDLEY...
  EDISON...
  ARAPAHOE...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4034 10009 4015 10008 4012 9972 4029 9969
      4034 9970

$$

KING/WESELY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 7:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	49 min
Jun 9, 7:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Kearney	58 min
Jun 9, 8:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams	46 min
Jun 9, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas	65 min
Jun 9, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Gosper	66 min
Jun 9, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps	53 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.