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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Hastings, NE

May 2, 2012Clay County, Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2012, 8:49 PM CDT for Clay County, Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 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: May 2, 2012, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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
May 2, 8:55 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	Nelson, NE	PEA TO MARBLE HAIL

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
May 2, 7:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 2533 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

016 
WFUS53 KGID 030149
TORGID
NEC035-129-169-030215-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0018.120503T0149Z-120503T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
849 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 846 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORA...OR 33 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OAK...EDGAR AND DAVENPORT.

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 4030 9771 4010 9795 4021 9813 4043 9791
      4037 9782 4035 9782 4035 9779
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 218DEG 16KT 4023 9797
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

WESELY

2 follow-up statements

362 
WWUS53 KGID 030204
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
904 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

NEC035-129-169-030215-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120503T0215Z/
CLAY NE-NUCKOLLS NE-THAYER NE-
904 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN THAYER...
NORTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES UNTIL 915 PM
CDT...

AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAK...OR 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBLE TORNADO...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL WILL BE 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OAK...DAVENPORT AND EDGAR.

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 4019 9785 4018 9799 4022 9812 4043 9791
      4037 9782 4035 9782 4035 9779 4030 9771
TIME...MOT...LOC 0204Z 225DEG 11KT 4024 9793
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

WESELY

629 
WWUS53 KGID 030213
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
913 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

NEC035-129-169-030223-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-120503T0215Z/
CLAY NE-NUCKOLLS NE-THAYER NE-
913 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN THAYER...NORTHEASTERN
NUCKOLLS AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.

GOLF BALL HAIL STILL REMAINS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. 


LAT...LON 4019 9785 4018 9799 4022 9812 4043 9791
      4037 9782 4035 9782 4035 9779 4030 9771
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 225DEG 11KT 4026 9790

$$

WESELY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nance	30 min
May 2, 7:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	24 min
May 2, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Howard, Merrick	36 min
May 2, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance	38 min
May 2, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	42 min
May 2, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	40 min
May 2, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nance	46 min
May 2, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Howard	41 min
May 2, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Nuckolls, Thayer, York	48 min
May 2, 8:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo	44 min
May 2, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance	36 min
May 2, 9:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	36 min
May 2, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	50 min
May 2, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	31 min
May 2, 9:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls	41 min
May 2, 9:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Thayer	29 min
May 2, 10:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	3 hr
May 2, 10:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	23 min
May 2, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Hamilton	50 min
May 2, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay	47 min
May 2, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	43 min
May 2, 10:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Kearney	29 min
May 2, 10:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Fillmore	35 min
May 2, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Hamilton, Kearney	48 min
May 2, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	43 min
May 2, 11:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, York	23 min
May 2, 11:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Clay	6 hr
May 2, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	33 min
May 2, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Hamilton	48 min
May 2, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Hall, Hamilton	26 min
May 3, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay	50 min
May 3, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	45 min
May 3, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Nuckolls	47 min
May 3, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay	39 min
May 3, 1:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GID	Fillmore	6 hr
May 3, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Webster	49 min
May 3, 1:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay	28 min
May 3, 3:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams	46 min
May 3, 4:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster	46 min
May 3, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Kearney, Webster	46 min
May 3, 5:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Nuckolls	47 min
May 3, 5:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	34 min
May 3, 7:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore	5 hr
May 3, 3:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phelps	34 min
May 3, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan, Kearney, Phelps	28 min
May 3, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	47 min
May 3, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan	33 min
May 3, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	43 min
May 3, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin	27 min
May 3, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Harlan	28 min
May 3, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	27 min
May 3, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nance	49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.