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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2011, 5:44 PM CDT for Polk County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 4 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, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Polk County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 5:44 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Bradshaw, NE | TORNADO DAMAGE 2 MILES WEST OF BRADSHAW. GRAIN BINS DAMAGED AND TRAIN DERAILED. POWER LINES DOWN AS WELL. |
| Jun 20, 5:49 PM CDT | TORNADO | 8 W York, NE | TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
| Jun 20, 5:54 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 N Bradshaw, NE | LARGE MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
| Jun 20, 5:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 N Bradshaw, NE | TORNADO STILL ON THE GROUND. |
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
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -396 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1450 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
711
WFUS53 KGID 202244
TORGID
NEC143-185-202315-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0067.110620T2244Z-110620T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
544 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
WESTERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR HENDERSON...OR 10 MILES WEST OF YORK.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRADSHAW AND BENEDICT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 342 AND 350.
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 4076 9770 4081 9783 4087 9783 4110 9772
4104 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 203DEG 18KT 4084 9777
HAIL 1.50IN
$$
PFANNKUCH1 follow-up statement
791
WWUS53 KGID 202251
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
551 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
NEC143-185-202315-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-110620T2315Z/
POLK NE-YORK NE-
551 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN YORK AND
SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRADSHAW...OR 9
MILES WEST OF YORK...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BENEDICT.
RESIDENTS IN BRADSHAW TAKE COVER NOW!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4083 9765 4083 9781 4087 9783 4110 9772
4104 9749
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 202DEG 23KT 4091 9777
HAIL 1.50IN
$$
PFANNKUCHThe 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, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 31 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, 5:53 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.