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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Hastings, NE

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

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2012, 9:49 PM CDT for Clay County, Fillmore County, Nuckolls County, Nebraska. It was in force for 41 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: May 2, 2012, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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, 9:49 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Shickley, NE
May 2, 9:53 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 N Davenport, NE	LARGE FUNNEL
May 2, 10:12 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Sw Shickley, NE	TORNADO NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. DAMAGE REPORTED TO A HOUSE. GARAGE WALL BLOWN OUT AND WINDOWS ON SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSE BLOWN OUT.
May 2, 10:21 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	2 W Strang, NE

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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.

880 
WFUS53 KGID 030249
TORGID
NEC035-059-129-030330-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0019.120503T0249Z-120503T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
949 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...
  SOUTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 946 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DAVENPORT...OR 34 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  HASTINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ONG...SHICKLEY AND STRANG.

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 4041 9756 4035 9770 4035 9782 4029 9782
      4027 9784 4032 9797 4052 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 217DEG 11KT 4035 9782
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

WESELY

2 follow-up statements

753 
WWUS53 KGID 030303
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1003 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

NEC035-129-030312-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120503T0330Z/
CLAY NE-NUCKOLLS NE-
1003 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS AND SOUTHEASTERN
CLAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CLAY AND 
NUCKOLLS COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 4041 9756 4035 9770 4035 9782 4036 9783
      4044 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 217DEG 11KT 4038 9779

$$

NEC059-030330-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120503T0330Z/
FILLMORE NE-
1003 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN FILLMORE
COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 1000 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ONG...OR 35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHICKLEY.

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 4041 9756 4035 9770 4035 9782 4036 9783
      4044 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 217DEG 11KT 4038 9779
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

WESELY

347 
WWUS53 KGID 030334
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1034 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

NEC059-030343-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-120503T0330Z/
FILLMORE NE-
1034 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

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

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
PORTIONS OF FILLMORE COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM. 

LAT...LON 4041 9756 4035 9770 4035 9782 4036 9783
      4044 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 217DEG 11KT 4038 9779

$$

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, 8:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Clay, Nuckolls, Thayer	26 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, 9:53 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

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.