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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Hastings, NE

April 14, 2012Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 2:25 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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
Apr 14, 2012, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 14, 2:30 PM CDTTORNADO2 E Deshler, NECHASER REPORTED A BRIEF TOUCH DOWN OF A RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO. DERIS WAS ALSO KICKING UP IN THE FIELD, WITH STRONG INFLOW IN THAT DIRECTION.

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
Apr 14, 12:00 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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.

551 
WFUS53 KGID 141925
TORGID
NEC129-169-142000-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0010.120414T1925Z-120414T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
225 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DESHLER...OR 38 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DESHLER...HEBRON...BELVIDERE...GILEAD AND ALEXANDRIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4000 9780 4017 9788 4033 9737 4031 9736
      4010 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 250DEG 27KT 4012 9773
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

HEINLEIN
2 follow-up statements
682 
WWUS53 KGID 141936
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
236 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

NEC129-169-142000-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120414T2000Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-THAYER NE-
236 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THAYER AND EAST CENTRAL
NUCKOLLS COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HEBRON...OR 40 MILES NORTH OF CONCORDIA...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HEBRON...BELVIDERE...GILEAD AND ALEXANDRIA.

LAT...LON 4000 9780 4017 9788 4033 9737 4031 9736
      4010 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 250DEG 27KT 4015 9764
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

GUERRERO
435 
WWUS53 KGID 141951
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
251 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

NEC129-142001-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120414T2000Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-
251 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NUCKOLLS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4017 9737 4013 9753 4026 9759 4033 9737
      4031 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 250DEG 27KT 4020 9747

$$

NEC169-142000-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120414T2000Z/
THAYER NE-
251 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL THAYER COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM CDT...

AT 248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF HEBRON...OR 44 MILES NORTH OF
CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALEXANDRIA.

LAT...LON 4017 9737 4013 9753 4026 9759 4033 9737
      4031 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 250DEG 27KT 4020 9747
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

GUERRERO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 9:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson22 min
Apr 14, 9:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson16 min
Apr 14, 9:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore, Thayer48 min
Apr 14, 10:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDValley43 min
Apr 14, 10:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley50 min
Apr 14, 10:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Valley46 min
Apr 14, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley31 min
Apr 14, 11:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley21 min
Apr 14, 12:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan27 min
Apr 14, 12:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster48 min
Apr 14, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls38 min
Apr 14, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin23 min
Apr 14, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster49 min
Apr 14, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer45 min
Apr 14, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer14 min
Apr 14, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFurnas33 min
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper49 min
Apr 14, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas27 min
Apr 14, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDYork37 min
Apr 14, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps49 min
Apr 14, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps44 min
Apr 14, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson26 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.