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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Hastings, NE

July 13, 2011Franklin County, Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT for Franklin County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2011, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:34 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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

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The text

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

793 
WFUS53 KGID 140230
TORGID
NEC061-181-140300-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0072.110714T0230Z-110714T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
930 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...
  NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 924 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UPLAND...OR 31 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF HOLDREGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CAMPBELL...RURAL NORTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY. 

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE 
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO 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 4018 9863 4012 9888 4030 9897 4034 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 313DEG 5KT 4023 9885
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

PFANNKUCH

2 follow-up statements

537 
WWUS53 KGID 140241
SVSGID

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

NEC061-181-140300-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110714T0300Z/
FRANKLIN NE-WEBSTER NE-
941 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER AND
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UPLAND...OR 32 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF HOLDREGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER
  COUNTIES.

THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO 1.5 INCHES 
IN DIAMETER...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4018 9863 4012 9888 4030 9897 4034 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 313DEG 5KT 4021 9883
HAIL 1.50IN

$$

PFANNKUCH

492 
WWUS53 KGID 140258
SVSGID

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

NEC061-181-140308-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-110714T0300Z/
FRANKLIN NE-WEBSTER NE-
958 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WEBSTER AND NORTHEASTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE 
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4018 9863 4012 9888 4030 9897 4034 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 313DEG 5KT 4017 9880

$$

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, 9:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Franklin	22 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

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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.