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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

May 29, 2013Hamilton County, York County, Nebraska

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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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 29, 5:00 PM CDTTORNADO2 Nw Benedict, NEONGROUND 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2013-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1537 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2013-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

BRYANT
2 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

$$

BRYANT
548 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDThayer45 min
May 28, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDThayer49 min
May 29, 8:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFranklin31 min
May 29, 8:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps33 min
May 29, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster44 min
May 29, 9:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin, Webster24 min
May 29, 9:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney11 min
May 29, 9:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Nuckolls, Webster44 min
May 29, 10:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney32 min
May 29, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo30 min
May 29, 11:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall29 min
May 29, 11:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHall, Howard, Merrick32 min
May 29, 11:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHall, Howard28 min
May 29, 12:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward, Merrick, Nance32 min
May 29, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster33 min
May 29, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley30 min
May 29, 12:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore31 min
May 29, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGreeley52 min
May 29, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster36 min
May 29, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster43 min
May 29, 1:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDKearney23 min
May 29, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton37 min
May 29, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney31 min
May 29, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo35 min
May 29, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Hamilton33 min
May 29, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman33 min
May 29, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo30 min
May 29, 2:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDClay32 min
May 29, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York42 min
May 29, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman33 min
May 29, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York38 min
May 29, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley33 min
May 29, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York32 min
May 29, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Hamilton, Nuckolls32 min
May 29, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton, York26 min
May 29, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York32 min
May 29, 4:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick, Polk, York41 min
May 29, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay, Hamilton23 min
May 29, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, York32 min
May 29, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore28 min
May 29, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDValley42 min
May 29, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson, Gosper52 min
May 29, 4:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDHamilton32 min
May 29, 4:44 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDYork31 min
May 29, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson, Furnas, Gosper44 min
May 29, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, York28 min
May 29, 4:48 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDValley27 min
May 29, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDYork36 min
May 29, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPolk, York32 min
May 29, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDThayer26 min
May 29, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHamilton, Polk, York30 min
May 29, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPolk, York27 min
May 29, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls, Webster49 min
May 29, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer34 min
May 29, 6:06 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDGreeley, Howard24 min
May 29, 6:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDPolk, York4 hr
May 29, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDGreeley, Howard48 min
May 29, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNance22 min
May 29, 6:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDAdams, Hall, 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.