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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Hastings, NE

May 29, 20084 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2008, 5:32 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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, 2008, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Phelps County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 5:41 PM CDTTORNADO7 Sw Overton, NE

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 2:30 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 791 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2008-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGID 292232
TORGID
NEC019-047-073-137-292300-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0023.080529T2232Z-080529T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
532 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  NORTHEASTERN GOSPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
  NORTHWESTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  SMITHFIELD...OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OVERTON BY 540 PM CDT
  ELM CREEK BY 550 PM CDT

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 238 AND 259.

LAT...LON 4089 9938 4059 9931 4054 9974 4071 9981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 249DEG 44KT 4066 9966

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGID 292248
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
547 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

NEC019-047-073-137-292300-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080529T2300Z/
BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-GOSPER NE-PHELPS NE-
547 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PHELPS...NORTHEASTERN GOSPER...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES...

AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OVERTON...OR 14
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 238 AND 259.

AT 541 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OVERTON. ELM 
CREEK IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 4089 9938 4059 9931 4054 9974 4071 9981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 252DEG 48KT 4070 9942

$$
000 
WWUS53 KGID 292257
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
557 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

NEC019-047-073-137-292307-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-080529T2300Z/
BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-GOSPER NE-PHELPS NE-
557 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PHELPS...NORTHEASTERN
GOSPER...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND SOUTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE AREA...AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT.  A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN 
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4089 9938 4059 9931 4054 9974 4071 9981
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 252DEG 48KT 4074 9925

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 3:54 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more24 hr
May 29, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDDawson, Gosper52 min
May 29, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps31 min
May 29, 4:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDDawson, Gosper5 hr
May 29, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps40 min
May 29, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper28 min
May 29, 4:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps4 hr
May 29, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman50 min
May 29, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps33 min
May 29, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Gosper, Phelps38 min
May 29, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps51 min
May 29, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney4 hr
May 29, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Greeley, Howard, Sherman46 min
May 29, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney46 min
May 29, 5:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDSherman6 hr
May 29, 5:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDHall6 hr
May 29, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Hall38 min
May 29, 6:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDGreeley, Howard6 hr
May 29, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney17 min
May 29, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNance26 min
May 29, 6:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick40 min
May 29, 6:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick6 hr
May 29, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton29 min
May 29, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Hall13 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.