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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2011, 8:05 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min. 3 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, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Se Miller, NE | |
| May 30, 8:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Miller, NE | BLEW PIECES OF CHURCH OFF |
| May 30, 8:34 PM CDT | TORNADO | Riverdale, NE | LARGE GUSTNADO ON LEADING EDGE OF STORMS. REPORTED 90 MPH GUSTS WITH POWER FLASHES. |
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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.
299 WFUS53 KGID 310105 TORGID NEC019-047-310130- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0030.110531T0105Z-110531T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 805 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... EASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 801 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF SUMNER...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KEARNEY...MILLER...ELM CREEK...AMHERST...ODESSA...RIVERDALE... PLEASANTON AND POOLE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 278 AND 280. 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 4104 9894 4068 9895 4071 9958 4104 9958 TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 271DEG 35KT 4087 9947 HAIL 1.50IN $$ WESELY
3 follow-up statements
029 WWUS53 KGID 310113 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 813 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 NEC019-047-310130- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110531T0130Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE- 813 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DAWSON AND WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 811 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS. THESE TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF MILLER TO ELM CREEK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 755 PM CDT...90 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT THE LEXINGTON AIRPORT. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS STORM. TAKE SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KEARNEY...AMHERST...ODESSA...RIVERDALE...PLEASANTON AND POOLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4104 9894 4068 9895 4071 9958 4104 9958 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 271DEG 35KT 4104 9937 4069 9939 HAIL 1.50IN $$ WESELY
550 WWUS53 KGID 310119 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 819 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 NEC019-047-310130- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110531T0130Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE- 819 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN DAWSON AND WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 815 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AMHERST...OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF KEARNEY...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KEARNEY...AMHERST...ODESSA...RIVERDALE...PLEASANTON AND POOLE. THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 90 MPH WINDS. 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 4104 9894 4068 9895 4071 9958 4104 9958 TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 271DEG 35KT 4086 9932 HAIL 1.50IN $$ WESELY
421 WWUS53 KGID 310130 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 830 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 NEC019-047-310139- /O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110531T0130Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE- 830 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DAWSON AND WESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. WINDS TO 90 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH NUMEROUS GUSTNADOES. LAT...LON 4104 9894 4068 9895 4071 9958 4104 9958 TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 271DEG 35KT 4086 9918 $$ 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, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson | 32 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, 8:10 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.