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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Hastings, NE

June 1, 2011Dawson County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 6:02 PM CDT for Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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: Jun 1, 2011, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2011, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Dawson County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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
Jun 1, 6:22 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 W Lexington, NE	2 BRIEF ROPE TORNADOES

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
Jun 1, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2168 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 538 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

772 
WFUS53 KGID 012302
TORGID
NEC047-012330-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0037.110601T2302Z-110601T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
602 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOHNSON LAKE...OR 9 MILES
  WEST OF LEXINGTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 224 AND 240.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN HASTINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 9964 4071 9965 4072 9996 4084 9997
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 254DEG 22KT 4078 9988
HAIL 1.75IN

$$
ODER

2 follow-up statements

700 
WWUS53 KGID 012311
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
611 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

NEC047-012330-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110601T2330Z/
DAWSON NE-
611 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF JOHNSON LAKE...OR 8 MILES WEST
OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN HASTINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 9964 4071 9965 4072 9996 4084 9997
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 268DEG 13KT 4074 9987
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

CHESTER

598 
WWUS53 KGID 012320
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
620 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

NEC047-012330-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110601T2330Z/
DAWSON NE-
620 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DAWSON COUNTY
UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 616 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEXINGTON.

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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN HASTINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 4089 9964 4071 9965 4072 9996 4084 9997
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 268DEG 12KT 4079 9985
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

CHESTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	25 min
Jun 1, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	36 min
Jun 1, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Harlan	39 min
Jun 1, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper	37 min
Jun 1, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Harlan, Phelps	38 min
Jun 1, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	49 min
Jun 1, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phelps	35 min
Jun 1, 5:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan	29 min
Jun 1, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	50 min
Jun 1, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan	32 min
Jun 1, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Phelps	23 min
Jun 1, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Dawson	34 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	48 min
Jun 1, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	30 min
Jun 1, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	45 min

Nearby

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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.