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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Hastings, NE

April 14, 20124 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 5:56 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 49 min. 4 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: Apr 14, 2012, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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
Apr 14, 5:57 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	10 S Bertrand, NE
Apr 14, 6:08 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Nnw Oxford, NE
Apr 14, 6:10 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Ne Oxford, NE	BRIEF TOUCHDOWN.
Apr 14, 6:16 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Nne Oxford, NE	ROPE TORNADO. SEVERAL REPORTS. EARLY REPORTS OF A GRAIN BIN HAVING BEEN DESTROYED.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 14, 12:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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: 1610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

455 
WFUS53 KGID 142256
TORGID
NEC065-073-083-137-142345-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0015.120414T2256Z-120414T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOLLINGER...OR 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  HOLDREGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOLDREGE...OXFORD...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 4067 9941 4051 9918 4049 9918 4010 9973
      4023 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 223DEG 29KT 4023 9973
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

WESELY

5 follow-up statements

098 
WWUS53 KGID 142310
SVSGID

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

NEC065-073-083-137-142345-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120414T2345Z/
FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-HARLAN NE-PHELPS NE-
610 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PHELPS...NORTHWESTERN
HARLAN...SOUTHEASTERN GOSPER AND NORTHEASTERN FURNAS COUNTIES UNTIL
645 PM CDT...

AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OXFORD...OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AT 608 PM CDT STORM CHASERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM 
NEAR OXFORD.

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 4067 9941 4051 9918 4049 9918 4018 9963
      4022 9976 4032 9979
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 231DEG 25KT 4027 9962
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

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257 
WWUS53 KGID 142318
SVSGID

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

NEC065-073-083-137-142345-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120414T2345Z/
FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-HARLAN NE-PHELPS NE-
618 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PHELPS...NORTHWESTERN
HARLAN...SOUTHEASTERN GOSPER AND NORTHEASTERN FURNAS COUNTIES UNTIL
645 PM CDT...

AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OXFORD...OR 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AT 616 PM CDT STORM CHASERS REPORTED A TORNADO LOCATED BETWEEN 
OXFORD AND ATLANTA. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADO. 

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 4067 9941 4051 9918 4049 9918 4027 9951
      4027 9963 4034 9969 4035 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 224DEG 27KT 4034 9957
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

WESELY

783 
WWUS53 KGID 142323
SVSGID

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

NEC065-073-083-142330-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120414T2345Z/
FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-HARLAN NE-
623 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARLAN...SOUTHEASTERN GOSPER
AND NORTHEASTERN FURNAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4067 9941 4051 9918 4049 9918 4035 9939
      4035 9954 4035 9964 4045 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 223DEG 41KT 4038 9952

$$

NEC137-142345-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120414T2345Z/
PHELPS NE-
623 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PHELPS COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...

AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ATLANTA...OR 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLDREGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

AT 618 PM CDT STORM SPOTTERS CONTINUED TO REPORT A TORNADO WITH THIS 
THUNDERSTORM.

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

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 4067 9941 4051 9918 4049 9918 4035 9939
      4035 9954 4035 9964 4045 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 223DEG 41KT 4038 9952
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

WESELY

215 
WWUS53 KGID 142335
SVSGID

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

NEC137-142345-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120414T2345Z/
PHELPS NE-
635 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PHELPS COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...

AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TO JUST WEST OF HOLDREGE...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOLDREGE

AT 635 PM CDT STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT THE EARLIER TORNADO HAD 
LIFTED BUT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND IS 
STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL TORNADOES.

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 4067 9941 4051 9918 4049 9918 4035 9939
      4035 9954 4035 9964 4045 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 227DEG 29KT 4044 9943
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

WESELY

668 
WWUS53 KGID 142343
SVSGID

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

NEC137-142353-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120414T2345Z/
PHELPS NE-
643 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PHELPS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 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 2 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 4067 9941 4051 9918 4049 9918 4035 9939
      4035 9954 4035 9964 4045 9964
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 227DEG 29KT 4049 9935

$$

WESELY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 9:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	22 min
Apr 14, 9:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	16 min
Apr 14, 9:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	48 min
Apr 14, 10:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Valley	43 min
Apr 14, 10:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Sherman, Valley	50 min
Apr 14, 10:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Valley	46 min
Apr 14, 11:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley	31 min
Apr 14, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley	21 min
Apr 14, 12:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	27 min
Apr 14, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	48 min
Apr 14, 12:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls	38 min
Apr 14, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin	23 min
Apr 14, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	49 min
Apr 14, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	45 min
Apr 14, 2:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	35 min
Apr 14, 3:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	14 min
Apr 14, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas	33 min
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper	49 min
Apr 14, 5:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Furnas	27 min
Apr 14, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	37 min
Apr 14, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	44 min
Apr 14, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	26 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.