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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2011, 11:36 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 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
- May 19, 2011, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Nuckolls County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
321
WFUS53 KGID 200436
TORGID
NEC129-200500-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0022.110520T0436Z-110520T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1136 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
* AT 1134 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF SUPERIOR...OR 37 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HASTINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NELSON...NORA...RUSKIN AND OAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4008 9782 4001 9811 4000 9818 4014 9825
4035 9801 4035 9795 4036 9794 4035 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 226DEG 26KT 4011 9808
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
WESELY3 follow-up statements
321
WWUS53 KGID 200448
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1148 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
NEC129-200500-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110520T0500Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-
1148 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NUCKOLLS COUNTY UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 1143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORA...OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS...
OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUPERIOR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSKIN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4008 9782 4001 9811 4000 9818 4014 9825
4035 9801 4035 9795 4036 9794 4035 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 251DEG 27KT 4011 9796
HAIL <.75IN
$$
WESELY707
WWUS53 KGID 200456
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1156 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
NEC129-200500-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110520T0500Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-
1156 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS
COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...
AT 1153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORA...OR 38 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSKIN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4014 9810 4025 9793 4029 9782 4008 9782
4001 9811 4000 9818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 243DEG 27KT 4016 9791
HAIL <.75IN
$$
WESELY811
WWUS53 KGID 200459
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1159 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
NEC129-200509-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110520T0500Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-
1159 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT MIDNIGHT CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4014 9810 4025 9793 4029 9782 4008 9782
4001 9811 4000 9818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0459Z 243DEG 27KT 4017 9788
$$
WESELYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 34 min |
| May 19, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams | 42 min |
| May 19, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 23 min |
| May 19, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 45 min |
| May 19, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls | 30 min |
| May 19, 11:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Clay | 30 min |
| May 19, 11:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 104 min |
| May 19, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls | 29 min |
| May 20, 12:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 12 hr |
| May 20, 2:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Webster | 12 hr |
| May 20, 2:42 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 8 hr |
| May 20, 9:03 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 30 hr |
| May 20, 4:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Greeley, Hall, Howard | 3 hr |
| May 20, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Webster | 28 min |
| May 20, 6:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Clay | 18 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.