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Tornado Warning 77, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2011, 7:53 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Kearney County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 37 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
- Oct 7, 2011, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Buffalo County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Phelps County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
449 WFUS53 KGID 080053 TORGID NEC019-099-137-080130- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0077.111008T0053Z-111008T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 753 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... EASTERN PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FUNK...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLDREGE... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KEARNEY...ODESSA AND RIVERDALE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 261 AND 281. 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 4095 9909 4074 9887 4040 9928 4050 9947 TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 215DEG 34KT 4053 9931 HAIL 1.00IN $$ KING
3 follow-up statements
750 WWUS53 KGID 080059 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 759 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 NEC019-099-137-080130- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-111008T0130Z/ BUFFALO NE-KEARNEY NE-PHELPS NE- 759 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PHELPS... NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FUNK...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLDREGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KEARNEY...ODESSA AND RIVERDALE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4095 9909 4074 9887 4040 9928 4050 9947 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 215DEG 34KT 4058 9927 HAIL 1.00IN $$ KING
678
WWUS53 KGID 080117
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
817 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011
NEC137-080127-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-111008T0130Z/
PHELPS NE-
817 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN PHELPS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4068 9931 4095 9909 4074 9887 4056 9910
4061 9918 4066 9918 4066 9923 4066 9927
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 215DEG 34KT 4071 9912
$$
NEC019-099-080130-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-111008T0130Z/
BUFFALO NE-KEARNEY NE-
817 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY AND
SOUTH CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KEARNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KEARNEY AND RIVERDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4068 9931 4095 9909 4074 9887 4056 9910
4061 9918 4066 9918 4066 9923 4066 9927
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 215DEG 34KT 4071 9912
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
FAY992
WWUS53 KGID 080127
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
827 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011
NEC019-099-080137-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0077.000000T0000Z-111008T0130Z/
BUFFALO NE-KEARNEY NE-
827 PM CDT FRI OCT 7 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY AND SOUTH CENTRAL
BUFFALO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
LAT...LON 4068 9931 4095 9909 4074 9887 4056 9910
4061 9918 4066 9918 4066 9923 4066 9927
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 215DEG 34KT 4079 9905
$$
FAYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 40 min |
| Oct 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Greeley, Hall, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 29 min |
| Oct 7, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps | 49 min |
| Oct 7, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo, Phelps | 25 min |
| Oct 7, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 8:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Valley | 23 min |
| Oct 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo | 30 min |
| Oct 7, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman | 44 min |
| Oct 7, 9:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Buffalo, Phelps | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard | 29 min |
| Oct 7, 10:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard | 27 min |
| Oct 7, 11:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Harlan | 24 min |
| Oct 7, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 31 min |
| Oct 8, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney, Phelps | 36 min |
| Oct 8, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams, Hall | 25 min |
| Oct 8, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.