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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Hastings, NE

May 19, 20124 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2012, 5:24 PM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 36 min. 3 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 19, 2012, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 19, 5:24 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ene Deweese, NE	AT LEAST 3 FIELDS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE WEST OF THE DEWEESE SPUR OFF OF HIGHWAY 14 AND 1 MILE NORTH OF THE COUNTY LINE WERE DAMAGED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 19, 6:01 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 W Shickley, NE	SPOTTERS REPORTING A TORNADO 1 MILE WEST OF SHICKLEY.
May 19, 6:03 PM CDT	HAIL 1	9 Ese Clay Center, NE	QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT INTERSECTION OF CR 309 AND CR W

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 19, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 163 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: 438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -453 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 348 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 455 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

082 
WFUS53 KGID 192224
TORGID
NEC035-059-129-169-192300-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0025.120519T2224Z-120519T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
524 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 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...
  NORTHWESTERN THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 520 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  DEWEESE...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
  THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EDGAR...ONG...DAVENPORT...SHICKLEY AND CARLETON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4053 9770 4030 9760 4021 9813 4038 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 252DEG 16KT 4032 9805
HAIL 2.50IN

$$

HEINLEIN

1 follow-up statement

354 
WWUS53 KGID 192303
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
603 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

NEC035-059-129-169-192311-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120519T2300Z/
CLAY NE-FILLMORE NE-NUCKOLLS NE-THAYER NE-
603 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN THAYER...NORTHEASTERN
NUCKOLLS...AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

A TORNADO WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR FILLMORE COUNTY. 

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED FOR NORTHWESTERN THAYER...NORTHEASTERN 
NUCKOLLS...AND SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA. ONCE AGAIN...A TORNADO WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR FILLMORE 
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4053 9770 4030 9760 4021 9813 4038 9820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 252DEG 16KT 4032 9806

$$

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 2:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	41 min
May 19, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	37 min
May 19, 3:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Webster	38 min
May 19, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Webster	41 min
May 19, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	43 min
May 19, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Hamilton	42 min
May 19, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	48 min
May 19, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	31 min
May 19, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk, York	37 min
May 19, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	49 min
May 19, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Polk, York	46 min
May 19, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	41 min
May 19, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk, York	46 min
May 19, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls	31 min
May 19, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	45 min
May 19, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	York	49 min
May 19, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	48 min
May 19, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Fillmore	31 min
May 19, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	44 min
May 19, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Hall	38 min
May 19, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Polk	30 min
May 19, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	York	21 min
May 19, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hall, Hamilton, Merrick	30 min
May 19, 6:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York	3 hr

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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.