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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2008, 5:24 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 51 min. 6 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, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 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), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 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, 5:25 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 292224 TORGID NEC019-047-099-137-292315- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0022.080529T2224Z-080529T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 524 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... 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 615 PM CDT * AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A TORNADO NEAR KEARNEY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... POOLE BY 545 PM CDT GIBBON BY 550 PM CDT THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 253 AND 288. 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 4102 9888 4064 9877 4053 9945 4082 9949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 259DEG 30KT 4071 9912 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGID 292227 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 527 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 NEC019-047-099-137-292315- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080529T2315Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-KEARNEY NE-PHELPS NE- 527 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PHELPS...NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND BUFFALO COUNTIES... A TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED IN KEARNEY WITH DAMAGE. ANOTHER STORM PRODUCING A POSSIBLE TORNADO IS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF FUNK. AT 525 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KEARNEY...MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POOLE AND GIBBON THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 253 AND 288. LAT...LON 4102 9888 4064 9877 4053 9945 4082 9949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 259DEG 30KT 4071 9909 $$
000 WWUS53 KGID 292233 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 533 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 NEC019-047-099-137-292315- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080529T2315Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-KEARNEY NE-PHELPS NE- 533 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PHELPS...NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND BUFFALO COUNTIES... AT 529 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED IN THE KEARNEY AREA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO POOLE AND GIBBON THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 253 AND 288. LAT...LON 4102 9888 4064 9877 4053 9945 4082 9949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 259DEG 30KT 4072 9903 $$
000 WWUS53 KGID 292236 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 535 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 NEC019-047-099-137-292315- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080529T2315Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-KEARNEY NE-PHELPS NE- 535 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PHELPS...NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND BUFFALO COUNTIES... TWO TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE KEARNEY AREA THROUGH 615 PM. YOU SHOULD REMAIN IN YOUR TORNADO SHELTER. LAT...LON 4102 9888 4064 9877 4053 9945 4082 9949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 261DEG 43KT 4065 9913 $$
000 WWUS53 KGID 292313 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 612 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 NEC019-047-099-137-292322- /O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080529T2315Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-KEARNEY NE-PHELPS NE- 612 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PHELPS...NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT. HOWEVER...EASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY REMAINS UNDER A TORNADO WARNING. LAT...LON 4102 9888 4064 9877 4053 9945 4082 9949 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 261DEG 43KT 3243 4138 $$
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, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps | 33 min |
| May 29, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 38 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.