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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2012, 8:02 PM CDT for Greeley County, Valley County, Nebraska. It was in force for 28 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 4, 2012, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greeley County, NE, Valley County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:14 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 4 N Scotia, NE | |
| May 4, 8:14 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 N North Loup, NE | |
| May 4, 8:24 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 N North Loup, NE | |
| May 4, 8:24 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 N Scotia, 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 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.
046 WFUS53 KGID 050102 TORGID NEC077-175-050130- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0023.120505T0102Z-120505T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 802 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... SOUTHEASTERN VALLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 757 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH LOUP...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORD... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SCOTIA. 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 4140 9845 4139 9882 4156 9883 4161 9866 TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 324DEG 12KT 4152 9871 HAIL 1.75IN $$
3 follow-up statements
900 WWUS53 KGID 050111 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 811 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 NEC077-175-050130- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120505T0130Z/ GREELEY NE-VALLEY NE- 811 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN VALLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTIA...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4140 9845 4139 9882 4156 9883 4161 9866 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 324DEG 12KT 4148 9867 HAIL 1.75IN $$
242
WWUS53 KGID 050119
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
819 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012
NEC077-175-050130-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120505T0130Z/
GREELEY NE-VALLEY NE-
819 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN VALLEY AND
SOUTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 816 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SCOTIA...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORD...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN GREELEY COUNTY.
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 4140 9845 4139 9875 4139 9882 4140 9882
4150 9883 4157 9862
TIME...MOT...LOC 0120Z 324DEG 12KT 4144 9864
HAIL 1.75IN
$$473
WWUS53 KGID 050127
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
827 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012
NEC077-175-050136-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120505T0130Z/
GREELEY NE-VALLEY NE-
827 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN VALLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN
GREELEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHERN GREELEY...HOWARD...NORTHEASTERN SHERMAN...AND SOUTHEASTERN
VALLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4140 9845 4139 9875 4139 9882 4140 9882
4150 9883 4157 9862
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 324DEG 12KT 4142 9862
$$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, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Valley | 36 min |
| May 4, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Valley | 49 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.