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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2008, 4:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min. 14 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
- May 29, 2008, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2008, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Phelps County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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, 5:03 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Odessa, NE | 75 TO 80 RAILROAD CARS DERAILED |
| May 29, 5:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Elm Creek, NE | |
| May 29, 5:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Odessa, NE | |
| May 29, 5:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Elm Creek, NE | |
| May 29, 5:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 14 N Holdrege, NE | WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF HOUSE...DAMAGE TO AN EMPTY GRAIN BIN...TREE LIMBS DOWN |
| May 29, 5:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Kearney, NE | |
| May 29, 5:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S Odessa, NE | TORANDO REPORTED NEAR INTERSECTION OF UNION AND 747 ROAD BY THE NEBRASKA STATE PATROL. |
| May 29, 5:22 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Kearney, NE | POWER FLASHES |
| May 29, 5:25 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Elm Creek, NE | STRONG ROTATION |
| May 29, 5:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Kearney, NE | ROOF TORN FROM 4 PLEX MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE CITY |
| May 29, 5:25 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Kearney, NE | WEST SIDE OF EXHIBITION BUILDING DESTROYED |
| May 29, 5:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | Kearney, NE | POWER FLASHES IN THE CITY OF KEARNEY |
| May 29, 5:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 N Kearney, NE | POWER LINES DOWN |
| May 29, 5:36 PM CDT | TORNADO | 5 Sw Kearney, NE | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 20TH AND VICTOR ROAD BY THE NEBRASKA STATE PATROL. |
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, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 791 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGID 292157 TORGID NEC019-047-099-137-292230- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0021.080529T2157Z-080529T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 457 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KEARNEY. SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA NORTHEASTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 454 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ELM CREEK...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF HOLDREGE...MOVING EAST AT 44 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ODESSA BY 505 PM CDT AMHERST BY 510 PM CDT KEARNEY AND RIVERDALE BY 515 PM CDT THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 250 AND 282. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY 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 4097 9898 4064 9889 4057 9950 4081 9955 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 256DEG 38KT 4067 9937 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGID 292204 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 504 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 NEC019-047-099-137-292230- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080529T2230Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-KEARNEY NE-PHELPS NE- 504 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PHELPS...NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES... AT 503 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF ELM CREEK. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELM CREEK...OR 12 MILES WEST OF KEARNEY...MOVING EAST AT 38 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMHERST AND RIVERDALE THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 250 AND 282. LAT...LON 4097 9898 4064 9889 4057 9950 4081 9955 TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 256DEG 33KT 4068 9930 $$
000 WWUS53 KGID 292210 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 511 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 NEC019-047-099-137-292230- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080529T2230Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-KEARNEY NE-PHELPS NE- 511 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PHELPS...NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES... AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ODESSA...OR 12 MILES WEST OF KEARNEY...MOVING EAST AT 31 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO AMHERST AND RIVERDALE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 250 AND 282. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 4097 9898 4064 9889 4057 9950 4081 9955 TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 253DEG 27KT 4069 9927 $$
000 WWUS53 KGID 292221 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 521 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 NEC019-047-099-137-292230- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080529T2230Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-KEARNEY NE-PHELPS NE- 521 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PHELPS...NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES... KEARNEY IS IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. AT 520 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KEARNEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 250 AND 282. LAT...LON 4097 9898 4064 9889 4057 9950 4081 9955 TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 259DEG 30KT 4070 9915 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more | 24 hr |
| May 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 52 min |
| May 29, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 31 min |
| May 29, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 5 hr |
| May 29, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 40 min |
| May 29, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 28 min |
| May 29, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 4 hr |
| May 29, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 50 min |
| May 29, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 38 min |
| May 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps | 51 min |
| May 29, 5:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney | 4 hr |
| May 29, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 28 min |
| May 29, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Greeley, Howard, Sherman | 46 min |
| May 29, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney | 46 min |
| May 29, 5:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Sherman | 6 hr |
| May 29, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Hall | 6 hr |
| May 29, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 38 min |
| May 29, 6:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 6 hr |
| May 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney | 17 min |
| May 29, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nance | 26 min |
| May 29, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick | 40 min |
| May 29, 6:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick | 6 hr |
| May 29, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton | 29 min |
| May 29, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 13 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.