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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Hastings, NE

April 14, 2012Nuckolls County, Nebraska; Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 12:52 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Nebraska; Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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: Apr 14, 2012, 12:52 PM CDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2012, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jewell County, KS, Nuckolls County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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
Apr 14, 12:55 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	4 W Burr Oak, KS

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
Apr 14, 12:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr
Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 225 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 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.

489 
WFUS53 KGID 141752
TORGID
KSC089-NEC129-141830-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0006.120414T1752Z-120414T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1252 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1251 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IONIA...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ESBON...MANKATO...BURR OAK...BOSTWICK...SUPERIOR...NELSON AND NORA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3960 9834 3967 9851 3976 9850 4001 9835
      4001 9828 4012 9828 4029 9817 4017 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 1753Z 205DEG 33KT 3973 9839
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

HEINLEIN

3 follow-up statements

636 
WWUS53 KGID 141758
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1258 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC089-NEC129-141830-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120414T1830Z/
JEWELL KS-NUCKOLLS NE-
1258 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NUCKOLLS AND WESTERN
JEWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

AT 1256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IONIA...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ESBON...MANKATO...BURR OAK...BOSTWICK...SUPERIOR...NELSON AND NORA.

LAT...LON 3960 9834 3967 9851 3976 9850 4001 9835
      4001 9828 4012 9828 4029 9817 4017 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 205DEG 33KT 3969 9836
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

HEINLEIN

049 
WWUS53 KGID 141813 RRA
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
113 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC089-NEC129-141830-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120414T1830Z/
JEWELL KS-NUCKOLLS NE-
113 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NUCKOLLS AND WESTERN
JEWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANKATO...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND IS HEADING DIRECTLY TOWARD 
MANKATO. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MANKATO...BURR OAK...SUPERIOR...BOSTWICK...NORA AND NELSON.

LAT...LON 3960 9834 3967 9851 3976 9850 4001 9835
      4001 9828 4012 9828 4029 9817 4017 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 240DEG 23KT 3977 9827
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

HEINLEIN

649 
WWUS53 KGID 141827 RRA
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
127 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC089-NEC129-141838-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120414T1830Z/
JEWELL KS-NUCKOLLS NE-
127 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NUCKOLLS AND WESTERN JEWELL COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 130 PM CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3960 9834 3967 9851 3976 9850 4001 9835
      4001 9828 4012 9828 4029 9817 4017 9788
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 240DEG 23KT 3982 9815

$$

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 9:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	22 min
Apr 14, 9:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	16 min
Apr 14, 9:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	48 min
Apr 14, 10:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Valley	43 min
Apr 14, 10:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Sherman, Valley	50 min
Apr 14, 10:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Valley	46 min
Apr 14, 11:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley	31 min
Apr 14, 11:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley	21 min
Apr 14, 12:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	27 min
Apr 14, 12:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	48 min
Apr 14, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin	23 min
Apr 14, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	49 min
Apr 14, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	45 min
Apr 14, 2:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	35 min
Apr 14, 3:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	14 min
Apr 14, 5:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Furnas	33 min
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper	49 min
Apr 14, 5:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Furnas	27 min
Apr 14, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	37 min
Apr 14, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps	49 min
Apr 14, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	44 min
Apr 14, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	26 min
Apr 14, 4:07 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	13 hr
Apr 14, 11:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	44 min
Apr 14, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	41 min
Apr 14, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Osborne, Smith	50 min
Apr 14, 12:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	41 min
Apr 14, 12:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	36 min
Apr 14, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	49 min
Apr 14, 1:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Osborne, Smith	26 min
Apr 14, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	17 min
Apr 14, 1:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell, Osborne	48 min
Apr 14, 1:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Mitchell, Osborne	29 min
Apr 14, 1:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Mitchell, Osborne	33 min
Apr 14, 2:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	23 min
Apr 14, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	29 min
Apr 14, 3:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell	12 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.