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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2013, 4:24 PM CDT for Hamilton County, York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 36 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
- May 29, 2013, 4:24 PM CDT (21:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Hamilton County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 5:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Nw Benedict, NE | ONGROUND CONE TORNADO. |
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 29, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 1537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
270
WFUS53 KGID 292124
TORGID
NEC081-185-292200-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0021.130529T2124Z-130529T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
424 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 419 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRADSHAW...OR 8 MILES WEST OF YORK....AND
MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON AND NORTHWESTERN YORK
COUNTIES.
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 4104 9795 4105 9760 4085 9766 4085 9780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 176DEG 29KT 4092 9775
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BRYANT2 follow-up statements
374
WWUS53 KGID 292136
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
436 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
NEC081-292146-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130529T2200Z/
HAMILTON NE-
436 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HAMILTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4085 9766 4085 9780 4104 9781 4105 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 203DEG 15KT 4093 9764
$$
NEC185-292200-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130529T2200Z/
YORK NE-
436 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY
UNTIL 500 PM CDT...
AT 433 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF YORK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN YORK COUNTY.
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 4085 9766 4085 9780 4104 9781 4105 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 203DEG 15KT 4093 9764
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BRYANT548 WWUS53 KGID 292150 RRA SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 450 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 NEC185-292200- /O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130529T2200Z/ YORK NE- 450 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN YORK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL YORK COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT. LAT...LON 4085 9766 4085 9780 4104 9781 4105 9760 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 203DEG 15KT 4098 9761 $$ BRYANT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 45 min |
| May 28, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Thayer | 49 min |
| May 29, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin | 31 min |
| May 29, 8:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps | 33 min |
| May 29, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Webster | 44 min |
| May 29, 9:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Franklin, Webster | 24 min |
| May 29, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Kearney | 11 min |
| May 29, 9:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Nuckolls, Webster | 44 min |
| May 29, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney | 32 min |
| May 29, 10:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 30 min |
| May 29, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hall | 29 min |
| May 29, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Hall, Howard, Merrick | 32 min |
| May 29, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hall, Howard | 28 min |
| May 29, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Howard, Merrick, Nance | 32 min |
| May 29, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Webster | 33 min |
| May 29, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Greeley | 30 min |
| May 29, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Fillmore | 31 min |
| May 29, 1:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Greeley | 52 min |
| May 29, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 36 min |
| May 29, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 43 min |
| May 29, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Kearney | 23 min |
| May 29, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton | 37 min |
| May 29, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney | 31 min |
| May 29, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Buffalo | 35 min |
| May 29, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton | 33 min |
| May 29, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 33 min |
| May 29, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo | 30 min |
| May 29, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay | 32 min |
| May 29, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 42 min |
| May 29, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 33 min |
| May 29, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 38 min |
| May 29, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Sherman, Valley | 33 min |
| May 29, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 32 min |
| May 29, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton, Nuckolls | 32 min |
| May 29, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton, York | 26 min |
| May 29, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York | 32 min |
| May 29, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Polk, York | 41 min |
| May 29, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton | 23 min |
| May 29, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore, York | 32 min |
| May 29, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore | 28 min |
| May 29, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Valley | 42 min |
| May 29, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 52 min |
| May 29, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 32 min |
| May 29, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | York | 31 min |
| May 29, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Dawson, Furnas, Gosper | 44 min |
| May 29, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Fillmore, York | 28 min |
| May 29, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Valley | 27 min |
| May 29, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | York | 36 min |
| May 29, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Polk, York | 32 min |
| May 29, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Thayer | 26 min |
| May 29, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Polk, York | 30 min |
| May 29, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Polk, York | 27 min |
| May 29, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 49 min |
| May 29, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 34 min |
| May 29, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 24 min |
| May 29, 6:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Polk, York | 4 hr |
| May 29, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 48 min |
| May 29, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nance | 22 min |
| May 29, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Adams, Hall, Kearney | 36 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.