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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2012, 5:29 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas; Nuckolls County, Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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, 5:29 PM CDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jewell County, KS, Nuckolls County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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 19, 5:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Superior, NE | |
| May 19, 5:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hardy, NE | PIVOT OVERTURNED NEAR HIGHWAY 8 ON THE EAST SIDE OF HARDY. TREE LIMBS 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER SNAPPED IN HARDY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| May 19, 5:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Superior, NE | |
| May 19, 5:57 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Sw Ruskin, NE | 8-10 POWER POLES DOWN FROM HARDY TO SW OF RUSKIN. PIVOTS KNOCKED OVER ALSO. |
| May 19, 6:02 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 S Ruskin, NE | POWER LINES DOWN SOUTH OF RUSKIN. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
835
WFUS53 KGID 192229
TORGID
KSC089-NEC129-192300-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0026.120519T2229Z-120519T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
529 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BOSTWICK...OR 38 MILES NORTH OF BELOIT...AND
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUPERIOR...HARDY AND RUSKIN.
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 4000 9792 3996 9793 3994 9817 4008 9818
4020 9782 4011 9782 4000 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 255DEG 22KT 4003 9809
HAIL 1.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
382
WWUS53 KGID 192238
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
538 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC089-NEC129-192300-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120519T2300Z/
JEWELL KS-NUCKOLLS NE-
538 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NUCKOLLS AND
NORTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SUPERIOR...OR 36 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CONCORDIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HARDY AND RUSKIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4000 9792 3996 9793 3994 9817 4008 9818
4020 9782 4011 9782 4000 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 255DEG 22KT 4001 9802
HAIL 1.00IN
$$662
WWUS53 KGID 192250
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
550 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC089-NEC129-192300-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120519T2300Z/
JEWELL KS-NUCKOLLS NE-
550 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN NUCKOLLS AND
NORTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
AT 548 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARDY...OR 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RUSKIN.
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 4000 9792 3996 9793 3994 9817 4008 9818
4020 9782 4011 9782 4000 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 255DEG 22KT 4003 9793
HAIL 1.00IN
$$963
WWUS53 KGID 192301
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
601 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
KSC089-NEC129-192310-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-120519T2300Z/
JEWELL KS-NUCKOLLS NE-
601 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN NUCKOLLS AND NORTHEASTERN JEWELL
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR EASTERN CLAY...FILLMORE...NUCKOLLS...AND THAYER COUNTIES UNTIL
645 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4000 9792 3996 9793 3994 9817 4008 9818
4020 9782 4011 9782 4000 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 255DEG 22KT 4003 9793
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell | 46 min |
| May 19, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 49 min |
| May 19, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 53 min |
| 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, 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, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer | 36 min |
| May 19, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Polk, York | 46 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.