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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2012, 7:24 PM CDT for Greeley County, Valley County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. 2 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 4, 2012, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greeley County, NE, Valley County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 10 Ene Ord, NE | HAILED FROM 745 TO 800. |
| May 4, 7:46 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 Ene Ord, NE | HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. |
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 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
209
WFUS53 KGID 050024
TORGID
NEC077-175-050100-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0022.120505T0024Z-120505T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
724 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NORTHEASTERN VALLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF FORT HARTSUFF STATE PARK...OR 9
MILES NORTHEAST OF ORD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN VALLEY AND WESTERN GREELEY
COUNTIES.
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 4162 9855 4153 9883 4174 9895 4175 9892
4174 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 313DEG 17KT 4170 9882
HAIL 1.75IN
$$3 follow-up statements
234
WWUS53 KGID 050034
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
734 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012
NEC077-175-050100-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120505T0100Z/
GREELEY NE-VALLEY NE-
734 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN VALLEY AND
NORTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...
AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF ORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN VALLEY AND WESTERN GREELEY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4162 9855 4153 9883 4174 9895 4175 9892
4174 9871
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 313DEG 17KT 4167 9882
HAIL 1.75IN
$$078 WWUS53 KGID 050046 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 746 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 NEC077-175-050100- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120505T0100Z/ GREELEY NE-VALLEY NE- 746 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF ORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN VALLEY AND WESTERN GREELEY COUNTIES. 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 4169 9892 4174 9871 4162 9855 4153 9883 TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 313DEG 17KT 4163 9876 HAIL 1.75IN $$
027 WWUS53 KGID 050058 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 758 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 NEC077-175-050107- /O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120505T0100Z/ GREELEY NE-VALLEY NE- 758 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN GREELEY AND SOUTHEASTERN VALLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4169 9892 4174 9871 4162 9855 4153 9883 TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 313DEG 17KT 4159 9871 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Valley | 51 min |
| May 4, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Valley | 49 min |
| May 4, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Valley | 28 min |
| May 4, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 38 min |
| May 4, 8:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Sherman | 43 min |
| May 4, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Merrick | 34 min |
| May 4, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman, Valley | 46 min |
| May 4, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Hall, Howard, Sherman | 32 min |
| May 4, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman | 28 min |
| May 4, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Valley | 45 min |
| May 4, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 48 min |
| May 4, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 30 min |
| May 4, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 46 min |
| May 4, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 33 min |
| May 4, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Howard, Sherman | 36 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.