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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

May 29, 2007Furnas County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2007, 9:03 PM CDT for Furnas County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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 29, 2007, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2007, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 42 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), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 29, 9:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Cambridge, NE	GRAIN BIN CRUMPLED AND BLOWN OFF CONCRETE FOUNDATION. MOVED 75 TO 100 YARDS

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 29, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 277 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: 1362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGID 300203
TORGID
NEC065-300245-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0021.070530T0203Z-070530T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
903 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 859 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  CAMBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF NORTON...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ARAPAHOE BY 915 PM CDT
  EDISON BY 925 PM CDT
  HOLLINGER BY 930 PM CDT
  OXFORD BY 940 PM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
PENNY SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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 4035 10019 4013 10018 4014 9963 4035 9962

$$

WESELY

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGID 300226
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
925 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

NEC065-300245-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070530T0245Z/
FURNAS NE-
925 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
FURNAS COUNTY...

AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR ARAPAHOE...OR ABOUT 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
HOLDREGE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EDISON AND HOLLINGER BY 930 PM CDT
  OXFORD BY 940 PM CDT

LAT...LON 4035 10019 4013 10018 4014 9963 4035 9962

$$

HEINLEIN

000 
WWUS53 KGID 300244
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
944 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

NEC065-300254-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070530T0245Z/
FURNAS NE-
944 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN FURNAS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 945 PM
CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT.

LAT...LON 4035 10019 4013 10018 4014 9963 4035 9962

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas	53 min
May 29, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Gosper	45 min
May 29, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Harlan	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.