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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Hastings, NE

July 13, 2011Franklin County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2011, 9:08 PM CDT for Franklin County, Nebraska. It was in force for 22 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: Jul 13, 2011, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Franklin County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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
Jul 13, 4:41 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

365 
WFUS53 KGID 140208
TORGID
NEC061-140230-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0071.110714T0208Z-110714T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
908 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...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 906 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A CONFIRMED TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF UPLAND...OR 29 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF HOLDREGE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT 
UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR NORTHEAST FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEAST KEARNEY 
COUNTIES. 

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 4031 9909 4035 9896 4035 9880 4028 9874
      4017 9873 4017 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 309DEG 10KT 4025 9887
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

PFANNKUCH

2 follow-up statements

152 
WWUS53 KGID 140217
SVSGID

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

NEC061-140230-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110714T0230Z/
FRANKLIN NE-
917 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 910 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF UPLAND...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HOLDREGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE LATEST REPORTS INDICATE THAT THIS STORM IS PRODUCING 
INTERMITTENT...BRIEF TORNADOES SOUTH OF UPLAND. 

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE 
DAMAGING HAIL TO GOLF BALL SIZE...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN UPLAND AND 
CAMPBELL. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY...NORTHEAST OF       
  FRANKLIN AND SOUTHEAST 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 4032 9904 4035 9896 4035 9880 4028 9874
      4017 9873 4017 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 309DEG 11KT 4023 9886
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

PFANNKUCH

601 
WWUS53 KGID 140224
SVSGID

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

NEC061-140230-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110714T0230Z/
FRANKLIN NE-
924 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN
COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF UPLAND...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
HOLDREGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...NORTHEAST OF       
  FRANKLIN AND SOUTHWEST OF CAMPBELL. 

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE 
DAMAGING HAIL UP GOLF BALL SIZE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4031 9899 4035 9894 4035 9880 4028 9874
      4017 9873 4017 9895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 309DEG 11KT 4023 9886
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

PFANNKUCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Kearney	27 min
Jul 13, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Kearney	35 min
Jul 13, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Merrick	34 min
Jul 13, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Harlan	48 min
Jul 13, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Kearney	37 min
Jul 13, 8:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	26 min
Jul 13, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Kearney	31 min
Jul 13, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster	37 min
Jul 13, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Franklin, Kearney	25 min
Jul 13, 9:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Franklin, Webster	30 min
Jul 13, 10:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin	43 min
Jul 13, 10:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin	37 min
Jul 13, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	45 min
Jul 13, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin	41 min
Jul 13, 11:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Franklin, Webster	10 hr
Jul 14, 4:38 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	GID	Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton and 8 more	11 hr
Jul 14, 8:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Franklin	6 hr
Jul 14, 3:18 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more	24 hr
Jul 14, 3:18 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more	7 days

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.