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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2007, 10:59 PM CDT for Franklin County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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 4, 2007, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2007, 11:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Franklin County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Nne Riverton, NE | GOLFBALL HAIL AND 70 MPH WINDS REPORTED. |
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 4, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 1008 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGID 050359 TORGID NEC061-050445- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0008.070505T0359Z-070505T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1059 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RIVERTON... OR ABOUT 34 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RIVERTON BY 1110 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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. LAT...LON 4017 9901 3994 9885 4000 9870 4029 9872 $$ JCB
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGID 050417 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1117 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 NEC061-050445- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070505T0445Z/ FRANKLIN NE- 1117 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 1114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RIVERTON...OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 4017 9901 3994 9885 4000 9870 4029 9872 $$ JCB
000 WWUS53 KGID 050433 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1133 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 NEC061-050443- /O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070505T0445Z/ FRANKLIN NE- 1133 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT. LAT...LON 4017 9901 3994 9885 4000 9870 4029 9872 $$ JCB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 39 min |
| May 4, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 60 min |
| May 4, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 47 min |
| May 4, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Franklin | 59 min |
| May 4, 10:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Franklin | 6 hr |
| May 4, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 55 min |
| May 4, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Webster | 62 min |
| May 4, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 7 min |
| May 4, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Phelps | 57 min |
| May 5, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 28 min |
| May 5, 12:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Webster | 6 hr |
| May 5, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phelps | 54 min |
| May 5, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Gosper, Phelps | 54 min |
| May 5, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay | 66 min |
| May 5, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney | 23 min |
| May 5, 1:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson | 40 min |
| May 5, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 36 min |
| May 5, 1:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton, York | 54 min |
| May 5, 1:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Harlan | 59 min |
| May 5, 1:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 11 more | 17 hr |
| May 5, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Kearney | 30 min |
| May 5, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Franklin | 6 hr |
| May 5, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 30 min |
| May 5, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 23 min |
| May 5, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley | 33 min |
| May 5, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 16 min |
| May 5, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton | 38 min |
| May 5, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 14 min |
| May 5, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Nuckolls | 40 min |
| May 5, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 47 min |
| May 5, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Webster | 29 min |
| May 5, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Thayer | 31 min |
| May 5, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 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.