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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Hastings, NE

May 30, 2011Fillmore County, Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2011, 10:34 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2011, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fillmore County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 10:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 N Strang, NE3 GRAIN BINS BLOWN OFF FOUNDATIONS...UNSECURED TRAILER ROLLED OFF FOUNDATION...IRRIGATION PIPE BLOWN AROUND. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2253 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 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
2253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-150 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
998 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
331 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

745 
WFUS53 KGID 310334
TORGID
NEC059-129-169-310400-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0035.110531T0334Z-110531T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1034 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  EASTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1030 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSKIN...OR 38 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OAK...DESHLER...DAVENPORT...HEBRON...CARLETON...BELVIDERE...
  BRUNING...STRANG...ALEXANDRIA AND OHIOWA.

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 4022 9736 4000 9788 4000 9790 4035 9800
      4035 9783 4039 9782 4049 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0334Z 238DEG 49KT 4011 9786
HAIL <.75IN

$$
HEINLEIN
2 follow-up statements
501 
WWUS53 KGID 310351
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1051 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

NEC129-310400-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110531T0400Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-
1051 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4022 9736 4017 9751 4016 9760 4025 9772
      4035 9773 4041 9772 4049 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 238DEG 49KT 4025 9762

$$

NEC059-169-310400-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110531T0400Z/
FILLMORE NE-THAYER NE-
1051 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN THAYER AND
SOUTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT...

AT 1048 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF BELVIDERE...OR 44 MILES SOUTH OF
YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. ANOTHER CIRCULATION NEAR STRANG IS 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELVIDERE...BRUNING...STRANG...ALEXANDRIA AND OHIOWA.

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 4022 9736 4017 9751 4016 9760 4025 9772
      4035 9773 4041 9772 4049 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 238DEG 49KT 4025 9762
HAIL <.75IN

$$
HEINLEIN
526 
WWUS53 KGID 310400
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1100 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

NEC059-169-310410-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110531T0400Z/
FILLMORE NE-THAYER NE-
1100 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN THAYER AND SOUTHEASTERN FILLMORE
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4022 9736 4017 9751 4016 9760 4025 9772
      4035 9773 4041 9772 4049 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 238DEG 49KT 4032 9747

$$
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, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Kearney27 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

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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.