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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Hastings, NE

July 13, 2011Franklin County, Kearney County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2011, 8:50 PM CDT for Franklin County, Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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
Jul 13, 2011, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, NE, Kearney County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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
Jul 13, 8:59 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Upland, NEESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MILES PER HOUR WITH NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
Jul 13, 9:04 PM CDTTORNADO5 Se Upland, NE

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
Jul 13, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 559 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

797 
WFUS53 KGID 140150
TORGID
NEC061-099-140215-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0070.110714T0150Z-110714T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
850 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UPLAND...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  HOLDREGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  AT 843 PM CDT...FIRE PERSONNEL REPORTED A TORNADO APPROXIMATELY 4  
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF UPLAND.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  UPLAND.

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 4040 9874 4026 9873 4025 9898 4035 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 262DEG 9KT 4030 9894
HAIL <.75IN

$$

PFANNKUCH
1 follow-up statement
385 
WWUS53 KGID 140203
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
903 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011

NEC061-099-140215-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110714T0215Z/
FRANKLIN NE-KEARNEY NE-
903 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KEARNEY AND
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM CDT...

AT 857 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UPLAND...OR 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOLDREGE...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEASTERN KEARNEY   
COUNTIES SOUTH OF UPLAND. 

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 4040 9874 4026 9873 4025 9898 4035 9902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 278DEG 10KT 4029 9890
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

PFANNKUCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney27 min
Jul 13, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney35 min
Jul 13, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMerrick34 min
Jul 13, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Harlan48 min
Jul 13, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDKearney37 min
Jul 13, 8:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHamilton26 min
Jul 13, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney31 min
Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster37 min
Jul 13, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin22 min
Jul 13, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin, Webster30 min
Jul 13, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin43 min
Jul 13, 10:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin37 min
Jul 13, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley45 min
Jul 13, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin41 min
Jul 13, 11:11 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFranklin, Webster10 hr
Jul 14, 4:38 AM CDTExcessive Heat WatchGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton and 8 more11 hr
Jul 14, 8:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDFranklin6 hr
Jul 14, 3:18 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more24 hr
Jul 14, 3:18 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more7 days

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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.