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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Hastings, NE

February 28, 2012Furnas County, Harlan County, Phelps County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2012, 3:26 PM CST for Furnas County, Harlan County, Phelps County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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: Feb 28, 2012, 3:26 PM CST (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Furnas County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Phelps County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 28, 3:44 PM CST	HAIL 0.25	Holdrege, NE	PEA SIZED HAIL IN TOWN
Feb 28, 4:06 PM CST	HAIL 0.25	3 N Holdrege, NE	PEA SIZE HAIL COVERING THE ROADWAYS 3 MILES NORTH OF HOLDREGE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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.

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 456 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 433 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

948 
WFUS53 KGID 282126
TORGID
NEC065-083-137-282200-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0001.120228T2126Z-120228T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
326 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN FURNAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  PHELPS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 323 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OXFORD...OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  HOLDREGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOLDREGE...ATLANTA...LOOMIS AND FUNK.

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 4035 9968 4035 9964 4040 9965 4066 9945
      4054 9918 4022 9946 4015 9962 4024 9976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 214DEG 38KT 4025 9964
HAIL 0.75IN

$$

WESELY

3 follow-up statements

102 
WWUS53 KGID 282136
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
336 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

NEC065-282145-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120228T2200Z/
FURNAS NE-
336 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FURNAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4066 9945 4054 9918 4030 9939 4028 9963
      4031 9964 4035 9963 4035 9964 4039 9965
      4041 9965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 214DEG 38KT 4033 9957

$$

NEC083-137-282200-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120228T2200Z/
HARLAN NE-PHELPS NE-
336 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PHELPS AND NORTHWESTERN
HARLAN COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CST...

AT 333 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OXFORD...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOLDREGE...ATLANTA...LOOMIS AND FUNK.

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 4066 9945 4054 9918 4030 9939 4028 9963
      4031 9964 4035 9963 4035 9964 4039 9965
      4041 9965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 214DEG 38KT 4033 9957
HAIL 0.75IN

$$

WESELY

022 
WWUS53 KGID 282147
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
347 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

NEC083-282157-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120228T2200Z/
HARLAN NE-
347 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARLAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4066 9945 4054 9918 4035 9935 4035 9964
      4042 9965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 214DEG 38KT 4043 9947

$$

NEC137-282200-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120228T2200Z/
PHELPS NE-
347 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PHELPS COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM
CST...

AT 342 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOLDREGE...AND LOOMIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4066 9945 4054 9918 4035 9935 4035 9964
      4042 9965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 214DEG 38KT 4043 9947
HAIL 0.75IN

$$

WESELY

816 
WWUS53 KGID 282159
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
359 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

NEC137-282209-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120228T2200Z/
PHELPS NE-
359 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PHELPS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM CST...

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 9 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4066 9945 4054 9918 4035 9935 4035 9964
      4042 9965
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 214DEG 38KT 4053 9937

$$

WESELY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 3:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Harlan	33 min
Feb 28, 4:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	34 min
Feb 28, 4:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Sherman	24 min
Feb 28, 4:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	32 min
Feb 28, 5:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	11 min
Feb 28, 5:46 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	14 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.