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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

June 17, 2009Buffalo County, Hall County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2009, 7:21 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Hall County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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: Jun 17, 2009, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2009, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Hall County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Jun 17, 7:26 PM CDT	HAIL 1	7 Sw Cairo, NE
Jun 17, 7:36 PM CDT	HAIL 1	8 Sw Cairo, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 17, 12:52 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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: 1415 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGID 180021
TORGID
NEC019-079-180045-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0013.090618T0021Z-090618T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
721 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
  TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAIRO...OR 21
  MILES WEST OF GRAND ISLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAIRO AROUND 745 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
2 INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

&&

LAT...LON 4085 9846 4082 9888 4099 9892 4105 9864
      4104 9851
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 260DEG 13KT 4092 9877

$$
HEINLEIN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGID 180035
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
735 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

NEC019-079-180045-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090618T0045Z/
BUFFALO NE-HALL NE-
735 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HALL AND NORTHEASTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES...

AT 732 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO
TRACK A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF CAIRO...OR ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF GRAND ISLAND...MOVING 
EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CAIRO AND ALDA AROUND 745 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE 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 4104 9851 4085 9846 4083 9872 4102 9880
      4105 9866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 275DEG 12KT 4089 9869

$$
HEINLEIN

000 
WWUS53 KGID 180046
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
746 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

NEC019-079-180055-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090618T0045Z/
BUFFALO NE-HALL NE-
746 PM CDT WED JUN 17 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HALL AND NORTHEASTERN BUFFALO
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 745 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE PRODUCING A TORNADO. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HALL COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM. NO WARNINGS 
ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR BUFFALO COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 4104 9851 4085 9846 4083 9872 4102 9880
      4105 9866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 275DEG 12KT 4089 9864

$$
HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Valley	52 min
Jun 17, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	47 min
Jun 17, 7:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Hall	35 min
Jun 17, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton, Merrick	38 min
Jun 17, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Hall	36 min
Jun 17, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Sherman	33 min
Jun 17, 8:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo, Sherman	27 min
Jun 17, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Sherman	47 min
Jun 17, 8:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton, Merrick	33 min
Jun 17, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Emergency	GID	Hall, Hamilton, Merrick	44 min
Jun 17, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Sherman	29 min
Jun 17, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, York	42 min
Jun 17, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton	50 min
Jun 17, 8:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	GID	Hamilton	32 min
Jun 17, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	GID	Hamilton	23 min
Jun 17, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	32 min
Jun 17, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, York	35 min
Jun 17, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	York	44 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.