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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Hastings, NE

May 27, 2012Greeley County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2012, 5:27 PM CDT for Greeley County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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 27, 2012, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Greeley County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 27, 5:29 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Greeley, NE
May 27, 5:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 Sw Primrose, NEPUBLIC REPORTED WHEN THEY ARRIVED HOME SMALL BRANCHES WERE DOWN...3 WINDOWS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HOUSE WERE BROKEN...AND A WINDSHIELD BROKEN IN A VEHICLE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 27, 5:30 PM CDTHAIL 1.752 E Greeley, NEPIVOT TURNED OVER

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 27, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1034 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 222 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1034 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-295 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 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.

797 
WFUS53 KGID 272227
TORGID
NEC077-272300-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0028.120527T2227Z-120527T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
527 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 522 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES
  SOUTH OF GREELEY...OR 24 MILES EAST OF ORD. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
  THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPALDING.

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 4174 9828 4149 9829 4139 9844 4139 9848
      4151 9862 4175 9833 4175 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 225DEG 33KT 4151 9846
HAIL 2.50IN

$$

PFANNKUCH
2 follow-up statements
215 
WWUS53 KGID 272235
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
535 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

NEC077-272300-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120527T2300Z/
GREELEY NE-
535 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN GREELEY COUNTY
UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF GREELEY...OR 29 MILES EAST OF
ORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

AT 525 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY STORM CHASERS ABOUT 6 
MILES NORTHWEST OF WOLBACH. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPALDING.

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 4174 9828 4149 9829 4147 9836 4145 9841
      4156 9856 4175 9833 4175 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 225DEG 33KT 4155 9836
HAIL 2.50IN

$$

PFANNKUCH
483 
WWUS53 KGID 272252
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
552 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

NEC077-272302-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120527T2300Z/
GREELEY NE-
552 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN GREELEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 600
PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT. 

LAT...LON 4174 9828 4149 9829 4147 9836 4145 9841
      4156 9856 4175 9833 4175 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 225DEG 33KT 4167 9820

$$

PFANNKUCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley45 min
May 27, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley23 min
May 27, 4:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley, Sherman51 min
May 27, 4:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley43 min
May 27, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo37 min
May 27, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDThayer33 min
May 27, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman30 min
May 27, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer24 min
May 27, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard50 min
May 27, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHoward, Sherman18 min
May 27, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer45 min
May 27, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer29 min
May 27, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance50 min
May 27, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall, Kearney32 min
May 27, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman34 min
May 27, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, York31 min
May 27, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin, Webster33 min
May 27, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard45 min
May 27, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, York15 min
May 27, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall40 min
May 27, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster40 min
May 27, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Kearney36 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.