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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2011, 1:47 PM CDT for Adams County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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 11, 2011, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2011, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Adams County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1010 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
436 WFUS53 KGID 111847 TORGID NEC001-111915- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0004.110511T1847Z-110511T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 147 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 146 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR AYR...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HASTINGS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ROSELAND AROUND 155 PM CDT. 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 4054 9855 4053 9831 4035 9837 4035 9864 TIME...MOT...LOC 1848Z 198DEG 27KT 4041 9849 HAIL <.75IN $$ FAY
3 follow-up statements
480 WWUS53 KGID 111855 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 155 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 NEC001-111915- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110511T1915Z/ ADAMS NE- 155 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR AYR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4054 9855 4053 9831 4035 9837 4035 9864 TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 205DEG 34KT 4048 9843 4053 9840 HAIL <.75IN $$ FAY
342 WWUS53 KGID 111904 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 204 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 NEC001-111915- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110511T1915Z/ ADAMS NE- 204 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 215 PM CDT... AT 200 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED SOUTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... 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 4052 9847 4053 9831 4038 9836 4039 9851 TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 209DEG 33KT 4056 9835 HAIL <.75IN $$
841 WWUS53 KGID 111913 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 213 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 NEC001-111923- /O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110511T1915Z/ ADAMS NE- 213 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST ADAMS COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4052 9847 4053 9831 4038 9836 4039 9851 TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 209DEG 33KT 4063 9830 $$ FAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | York | 38 min |
| May 11, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Franklin | 27 min |
| May 11, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Webster | 49 min |
| May 11, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 51 min |
| May 11, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Webster | 43 min |
| May 11, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams | 20 min |
| May 11, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore | 37 min |
| May 11, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, York | 38 min |
| May 11, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | York | 24 min |
| May 11, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance, Polk and 1 more | 42 min |
| May 11, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton, Polk, York | 25 min |
| May 11, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, York | 32 min |
| May 11, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk | 27 min |
| May 11, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Polk | 12 min |
| May 11, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk | 40 min |
| May 11, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Merrick, Nance | 15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.