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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Hastings, NE

May 4, 2012Buffalo County, Sherman County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Sherman County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Sherman County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 10:12 PM CDTHAIL 12 W Litchfield, NE
May 4, 10:15 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 N Pleasanton, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 4, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 171 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

722 
WFUS53 KGID 050300
TORGID
NEC019-163-050330-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0024.120505T0300Z-120505T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1000 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 958 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LITCHFIELD...OR 30 MILES NORTH OF KEARNEY...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
  BALL SIZE HAIL. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAZARD.

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 4128 9916 4105 9891 4090 9929 4105 9934
      4106 9921 4124 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 323DEG 15KT 4111 9922
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

PFANNKUCH
2 follow-up statements
041 
WWUS53 KGID 050311
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1011 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

NEC019-163-050330-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120505T0330Z/
BUFFALO NE-SHERMAN NE-
1011 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN AND
NORTH CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 1007 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS LOCATED A FEW MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAZARD...OR 26 MILES 
NORTH OF KEARNEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAZARD...AND RURAL AREAS NORTH OF PLEASANTON. 

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4128 9916 4105 9891 4090 9929 4105 9934
      4106 9921 4124 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 0309Z 313DEG 17KT 4106 9916
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

PFANNKUCH
496 
WWUS53 KGID 050321
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1021 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

NEC019-163-050330-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-120505T0330Z/
BUFFALO NE-SHERMAN NE-
1021 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN SHERMAN AND
NORTH CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT...

AT 1016 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS 
STORM WAS CENTERED BETWEEN HAZARD AND PLEASANTON...OR 23 MILES NORTH 
OF KEARNEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BUFFALO COUNTY.

IN ADDITION...A THREAT FOR HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE CONTINUES WEST 
OF HAZARD AND SOUTH OF LITCHFIELD. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4128 9916 4105 9891 4090 9929 4105 9934
      4106 9921 4124 9921
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 313DEG 17KT 4102 9909
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

PFANNKUCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Valley51 min
May 4, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGreeley, Valley36 min
May 4, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Valley49 min
May 4, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGreeley, Valley28 min
May 4, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley38 min
May 4, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSherman43 min
May 4, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Merrick34 min
May 4, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley46 min
May 4, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Hall, Howard, Sherman32 min
May 4, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman28 min
May 4, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Valley45 min
May 4, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley48 min
May 4, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman46 min
May 4, 10:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley33 min
May 4, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Sherman36 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.