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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2011, 7:28 PM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 32 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
- May 30, 2011, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Dawson County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 Ne Cozad, NE | |
| May 30, 7:52 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | 2 N Cozad, NE | CHASER ESTIMATES 70 TO 75 MPH WIND GUSTS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
678 WFUS53 KGID 310028 TORGID NEC047-310100- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0029.110531T0028Z-110531T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 728 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 724 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR COZAD...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EDDYVILLE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 217 AND 230. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4105 10004 4104 9959 4070 9994 4070 10016 TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 249DEG 23KT 4088 9994 HAIL 1.50IN $$ WESELY
3 follow-up statements
547 WWUS53 KGID 310035 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 735 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 NEC047-310100- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110531T0100Z/ DAWSON NE- 735 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 734 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF OCONTO...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EDDYVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4105 10004 4104 9959 4070 9994 4070 10016 TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 231DEG 36KT 4100 9983 HAIL 1.50IN $$ WESELY
445 WWUS53 KGID 310047 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 747 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 NEC047-310100- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110531T0100Z/ DAWSON NE- 747 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF EDDYVILLE...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EDDYVILLE. 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 4105 10004 4104 9959 4070 9994 4070 10016 TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 240DEG 36KT 4102 9970 HAIL 1.50IN $$ WESELY
531 WWUS53 KGID 310056 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 756 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 NEC047-310104- /O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110531T0100Z/ DAWSON NE- 756 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN DAWSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN DAWSON COUNTY LAT...LON 4105 10004 4104 9959 4070 9994 4070 10016 TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 240DEG 36KT 4105 9962 $$ WESELY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 43 min |
| May 30, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 47 min |
| May 30, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 33 min |
| May 30, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson | 25 min |
| May 30, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 50 min |
| May 30, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 49 min |
| May 30, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Kearney and 1 more | 37 min |
| May 30, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo | 37 min |
| May 30, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 48 min |
| May 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Franklin, Hall, Harlan, Howard and 2 more | 46 min |
| May 30, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Kearney | 27 min |
| May 30, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Franklin, Webster | 25 min |
| May 30, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Clay | 23 min |
| May 30, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Nance | 41 min |
| May 30, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance | 39 min |
| May 30, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton, Kearney and 2 more | 50 min |
| May 30, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk, York | 42 min |
| May 30, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer | 51 min |
| May 30, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer | 26 min |
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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.