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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

April 14, 2012Fillmore County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 3:01 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 14 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
Apr 14, 2012, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2012, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fillmore County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 14, 12:00 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

233 
WFUS53 KGID 142001 RRA
TORGID
NEC059-169-142030-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0013.120414T2001Z-120414T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ALEXANDRIA...OR 41 MILES SOUTH OF YORK...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OHIOWA AND MILLIGAN.

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 4021 9737 4029 9756 4060 9737 4059 9736
      4036 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 208DEG 38KT 4033 9740
HAIL <.75IN

$$

HEINLEIN
1 follow-up statement
330 
WWUS53 KGID 142015
SVSGID

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

NEC059-169-142025-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120414T2030Z/
FILLMORE NE-THAYER NE-
315 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN THAYER AND SOUTHEASTERN
FILLMORE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4021 9737 4029 9756 4060 9737 4059 9736
      4036 9736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 208DEG 38KT 4045 9731

$$

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, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.