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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Hastings, NE

May 30, 2011Adams County, Kearney County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2011, 9:03 PM CDT for Adams County, Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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 30, 2011, 9:03 PM CDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, NE, Kearney County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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
May 30, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2011-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 634 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 2011-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

459 
WFUS53 KGID 310203
TORGID
NEC001-099-310230-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0032.110531T0203Z-110531T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
903 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 902 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
  DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES
  SOUTH OF GIBBON TO UPLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HEARTWELL...NORMAN...KENESAW...HOLSTEIN...PROSSER AND ROSELAND.

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 4066 9917 4065 9890 4068 9882 4070 9869
      4070 9852 4036 9852 4035 9918
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 271DEG 39KT 4065 9886 4035 9891
HAIL 1.50IN

$$
WESELY
3 follow-up statements
828 
WWUS53 KGID 310214
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
914 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

NEC001-099-310230-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110531T0230Z/
KEARNEY NE-ADAMS NE-
914 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ADAMS AND KEARNEY
COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 911 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THESE
DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES
NORTH OF HEARTWELL TO UPLAND...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KENESAW...HOLSTEIN...PROSSER AND ROSELAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4066 9917 4065 9890 4068 9882 4070 9869
      4070 9852 4036 9852 4035 9918
TIME...MOT...LOC 0214Z 271DEG 39KT 4064 9874 4034 9880
HAIL 2.75IN

$$
WESELY
009 
WWUS53 KGID 310223
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
923 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

NEC001-099-310230-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110531T0230Z/
KEARNEY NE-ADAMS NE-
923 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN ADAMS AND EASTERN
KEARNEY COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THESE
DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KENESAW TO
CAMPBELL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  KENESAW...HOLSTEIN...PROSSER AND ROSELAND.

LAT...LON 4036 9852 4036 9895 4065 9894 4065 9890
      4068 9882 4069 9873 4070 9872 4070 9869
      4070 9852
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 271DEG 39KT 4065 9867 4035 9870
HAIL 2.75IN

$$
HEINLEIN
786 
WWUS53 KGID 310229
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
929 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

NEC001-099-310238-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110531T0230Z/
KEARNEY NE
929 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN KEARNEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 
930 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR KEARNEY COUNTY 
UNTIL 945 PM CDT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. 

LAT...LON 4036 9852 4036 9895 4065 9894 4065 9890
      4068 9882 4069 9873 4070 9872 4070 9869
      4070 9852
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 271DEG 39KT 4065 9860 4035 9863

$$

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson43 min
May 30, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDDawson32 min
May 30, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps47 min
May 30, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan33 min
May 30, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson25 min
May 30, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley50 min
May 30, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley49 min
May 30, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Kearney and 1 more37 min
May 30, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo37 min
May 30, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley48 min
May 30, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Franklin, Hall, Harlan, Howard and 2 more46 min
May 30, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin, Webster25 min
May 30, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Clay23 min
May 30, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Nance41 min
May 30, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance39 min
May 30, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton, Kearney and 2 more50 min
May 30, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk, York42 min
May 30, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer51 min
May 30, 10:34 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.