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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

June 11, 2010Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2010, 10:09 PM CDT for Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2010, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2010, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Phelps County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 00:00Z on 2010-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1323 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2010-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
12.6

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The text

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

073 
WFUS53 KGID 120309
TORGID
NEC137-120345-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0013.100612T0309Z-100612T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1009 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1008 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BERTRAND...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  HOLDREGE.  THE TORNADIC STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN PHELPS COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4061 9955 4059 9943 4046 9952 4047 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 198DEG 2KT 4052 9956

$$
HEINLEIN
1 follow-up statement
924 
WWUS53 KGID 120335
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1035 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 2010

NEC137-120345-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100612T0345Z/
PHELPS NE-
1035 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL PHELPS COUNTY
UNTIL 1045 PM CDT...

AT 1031 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOOMIS...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL PHELPS COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4061 9955 4059 9943 4046 9952 4047 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 210DEG 11KT 4052 9948

$$
HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDDawson39 min
Jun 11, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls47 min
Jun 11, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps55 min
Jun 11, 9:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGosper33 min
Jun 11, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps36 min
Jun 11, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDGosper6 hr
Jun 11, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan34 min
Jun 11, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps32 min
Jun 11, 11:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDHarlan4 hr
Jun 11, 11:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Webster50 min
Jun 11, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster47 min
Jun 11, 11:26 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDAdams, Buffalo, Kearney4 hr
Jun 11, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster45 min
Jun 11, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton46 min
Jun 12, 12:04 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDAdams, Kearney6 hr
Jun 12, 12:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster62 min
Jun 12, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall, Hamilton, Merrick, Polk, York53 min
Jun 12, 12:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps39 min
Jun 12, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley, Nance34 min
Jun 12, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps34 min
Jun 12, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper and 6 more45 min
Jun 12, 1:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDDawson3 hr
Jun 12, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick27 min
Jun 12, 2:27 AM CDTHigh Wind WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Hall, Howard, Sherman3 hr
Jun 12, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance and 2 more47 min
Jun 12, 3:05 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDMerrick, Nance, Polk6 hr
Jun 12, 3:45 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDValley6 hr
Jun 12, 4:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDFranklin, Webster6 hr
Jun 12, 4:48 AM CDTFlood WatchGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more47 hr
Jun 12, 6:04 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDKearney6 hr
Jun 12, 9:10 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDMerrick, Nance12 hr
Jun 12, 9:30 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDValley24 hr
Jun 12, 10:33 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDFranklin, Webster10 hr
Jun 12, 11:39 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDHoward49 hr
Jun 12, 1:47 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDGreeley24 hr
Jun 12, 1:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDAdams13 hr
Jun 12, 3:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDGreeley, Valley6 hr
Jun 12, 3:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls62 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.