Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2005, 4:40 PM CDT for York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 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
- Apr 18, 2005, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1390 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -95 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 182140 TORGID NEC185-182230- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0009.050418T2140Z-050418T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 440 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF WACO...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... BENEDICT AT 445 PM CDT... GRESHAM AT 455 PM CDT... PEOPLE IN YORK 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 4101 9774 4073 9769 4072 9735 4103 9736 $$ NNNN FAY
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGID 182149 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 449 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005 NEC185-182230- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050418T2230Z/ YORK NE- 449 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR YORK COUNTY... AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THAYER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... THAYER AT 450 PM CDT... GRESHAM AT 500 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4101 9774 4073 9769 4072 9735 4103 9736 $$ FAY
000 WWUS53 KGID 182200 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 459 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005 NEC185-182230- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050418T2230Z/ YORK NE- 459 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR YORK COUNTY... AT 456 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THAYER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... THAYER AT 505 PM CDT... GRESHAM AT 525 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 4101 9774 4073 9769 4072 9735 4103 9736 $$ FAY
000 WWUS53 KGID 182217 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 517 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005 NEC185-182230- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050418T2230Z/ YORK NE- 517 PM CDT MON APR 18 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR YORK COUNTY... AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR THAYER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... THAYER AT 520 PM CDT... GRESHAM AT 525 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4101 9774 4073 9769 4072 9735 4103 9736 $$ FAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | York | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | York | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore, York | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 6:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Fillmore | 6 hr |
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.