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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2011, 3:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 10 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
- Jun 20, 2011, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Phelps County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 20, 3:31 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 N Atlanta, NE | |
| Jun 20, 3:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 Sw Overton, NE | DIME TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL 2 TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OVERTON ON INTERSTATE 80. |
| Jun 20, 3:44 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 S Elm Creek, NE | DAMAGE TO SOME RESIDENCES AND PIPE LINES. PIVOTS TURNED OVER. |
| Jun 20, 3:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Overton, NE | |
| Jun 20, 3:50 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 E Elm Creek, NE | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD ON EAST SIDE OF ELM CREEK. |
| Jun 20, 3:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 W Overton, NE | |
| Jun 20, 3:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Sw Overton, NE | |
| Jun 20, 3:50 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Elm Creek, NE | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS 2 TORNADOES ON THE GROUND WITH DEBRIS. |
| Jun 20, 4:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elm Creek, NE | ROOF DAMAGED IN ELM CREEK. |
| Jun 20, 4:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | Elm Creek, NE | ROOF PARTIALLY REMOVED FROM HOME ON WEST SIDE OF ELM CREEK. POWER LINES DOWN |
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 20, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
834 WFUS53 KGID 202029 RRA TORGID NEC019-047-073-137-202100- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0060.110620T2029Z-110620T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 329 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NORTHEASTERN GOSPER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... WESTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BERTRAND...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OVERTON AND ELM CREEK. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 242 AND 259. 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 4088 9965 4082 9929 4041 9946 4051 9971 TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 195DEG 17KT 4061 9952 HAIL 1.50IN $$ FAY
3 follow-up statements
558 WWUS53 KGID 202036 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 336 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 NEC019-047-073-137-202100- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110620T2100Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-GOSPER NE-PHELPS NE- 336 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PHELPS... NORTHEASTERN GOSPER...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND SOUTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 330 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOOMIS...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PHELPS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 6 MILES NORTH OF ATLANTA AT 331 PM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OVERTON AND ELM CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4088 9965 4082 9929 4041 9946 4051 9971 TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 217DEG 30KT 4053 9951 HAIL 1.75IN $$ FAY
728 WWUS53 KGID 202043 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 343 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 NEC019-047-073-137-202100- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110620T2100Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-GOSPER NE-PHELPS NE- 343 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN PHELPS... NORTHEASTERN GOSPER...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND SOUTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF OVERTON...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELM CREEK AND OVERTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 4042 9946 4053 9969 4088 9965 4082 9929 TIME...MOT...LOC 2043Z 182DEG 18KT 4067 9951 HAIL 1.75IN $$ FAY
526 WWUS53 KGID 202052 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 352 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 NEC019-047-073-137-202100- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110620T2100Z/ BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-GOSPER NE-PHELPS NE- 352 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN PHELPS... NORTHEASTERN GOSPER...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND SOUTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT... AT 349 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELM CREEK...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF HOLDREGE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OVERTON AND ELM CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4047 9944 4053 9969 4088 9965 4082 9929 TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 195DEG 25KT 4069 9945 HAIL 1.75IN $$ FAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 62 min |
| Jun 19, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 27 min |
| Jun 19, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 58 min |
| Jun 19, 10:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 12 hr |
| Jun 19, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 11:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Kearney | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Polk | 9 min |
| Jun 20, 12:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Gosper | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 12:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 12:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 1:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick, Nance | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 1:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps | 48 min |
| Jun 20, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 2:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Merrick, Polk | 28 min |
| Jun 20, 2:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney | 38 min |
| Jun 20, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Nance | 14 min |
| Jun 20, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Merrick | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Polk, York | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick, Polk, York | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 4:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney | 8 days |
| Jun 20, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phelps | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan, Phelps | 19 min |
| Jun 20, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick and 1 more | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 4 more | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman, Valley | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton, York | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 50 min |
| Jun 20, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Polk, York | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Polk, York | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance, Polk and 3 more | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 6:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Polk, York | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Furnas | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Merrick, Nance, Polk | 17 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.