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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

July 24, 2009Hall County, Howard County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT for Hall County, Howard County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 24, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2009, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hall County, NE, Howard County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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
Jul 24, 7:09 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Grand Island, NE	FUNNEL CLOUD TRACKING SOUTH OVER EDDY STREET IN GRAND ISLAND
Jul 24, 7:22 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 Ne Grand Island, NE	QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF GRAND ISLAND

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 2882 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 5.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGID 250000
TORGID
NEC079-093-250030-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0021.090725T0000Z-090725T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
700 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 658 PM CDT...THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS 
  FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ST. LIBORY AND GRAND ISLAND. THE 
  AREA OF THE STORM WITH FUNNEL CLOUDS IS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THESE 
  FUNNEL CLOUDS COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAND ISLAND AROUND 725 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4107 9828 4096 9827 4084 9828 4085 9845
      4110 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 004DEG 15KT 4104 9832

$$
HEINLEIN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGID 250016
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
716 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

NEC079-093-250030-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090725T0030Z/
HOWARD NE-HALL NE-
716 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN HALL AND SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTIES...

AT 713 PM CDT...THERE CONTINUE TO BE REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR GRAND ISLAND. THE AREA OF THE THUNDERSTORM 
WHERE MULTIPLE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE BEING PRODUCED...IS MOVING SOUTH AT 
25 MPH. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO. ALSO...THIS STORM 
HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN HALL AND SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD COUNTIES.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4107 9828 4096 9827 4084 9828 4085 9845
      4110 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 011DEG 22KT 4092 9836

$$
HEINLEIN

000 
WWUS53 KGID 250027
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
727 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

NEC079-093-250037-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090725T0030Z/
HOWARD NE-HALL NE-
727 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2009

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HALL AND SOUTHEASTERN HOWARD
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 730 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARED TO BE SEVERE...HOWEVER PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...GUSTY 
WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4107 9828 4096 9827 4084 9828 4085 9845
      4110 9841
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 011DEG 22KT 4087 9834

$$
HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hall	31 min
Jul 24, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall	40 min
Jul 24, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams	35 min
Jul 24, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Hall	46 min
Jul 24, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton	28 min
Jul 24, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	29 min
Jul 24, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Howard, Sherman	48 min
Jul 24, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall	42 min
Jul 24, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hall	34 min
Jul 24, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	24 min
Jul 24, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Hall	51 min
Jul 24, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	23 min
Jul 24, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	36 min
Jul 24, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Gosper, Phelps	30 min
Jul 25, 12:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Nuckolls, Thayer	57 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.