Tornado Warning 28, NWS Hastings, NE

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WWUS53 KGID 292208
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
508 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

NEC185-292230-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-130529T2230Z/
YORK NE-
508 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL YORK COUNTY UNTIL
530 PM CDT...

AT 506 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
YORK...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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...
WACO AND THAYER.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 353 AND 357.

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 4100 9759 4097 9739 4080 9755 4082 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 200DEG 17KT 4090 9753

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

PFANNKUCH

388 
WWUS53 KGID 292223
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
523 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

NEC185-292231-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-130529T2230Z/
YORK NE-
523 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL YORK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM
CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING INCLUDING THE CITY OF 
YORK HAS MOVED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...AND A NEW TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN YORK COUNTY HAS REPLACED 
THIS ONE. 

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS 
EVENING...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4100 9759 4097 9739 4080 9755 4082 9763
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 200DEG 17KT 4096 9750

$$

PFANNKUCH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
404 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 405 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

SEVERE WEATHER IS ONGOING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER ROUND
OF SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SFC
LOW IS LOCATED OVER WESTERN KANSAS WITH AN OCCLUDED FRONT/WARM
FRONT EXTENDING TO THE NORTHEAST INTO NEBRASKA. THERE IS A DRY
LINE EXTENDING ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
BEEN ONGOING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE DRY LINE ACROSS WESTERN KANSAS WAS
BEGINNING TO FIRE OFF THUNDERSTORMS AS OF 330PM.

THE ENVIRONMENT IS VERY UNSTABLE WITH 20Z MLCAPE VALUES RANGING
FROM 2500 TO 3500 J/KG ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH LITTLE IF ANY
CIN REMAINING. STRONG SFC AND DEEP LAYER CONVERGENCE AT 3 PM ACROSS
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WILL BE THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN FOR EXPECTED NEW THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN
TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS MOST OF OUR FORECAST AREA.

THIS IS A VERY VOLATILE SEVERE WEATHER ENVIRONMENT WITH TORNADOES
ALREADY REPORTED ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA FROM SOME OF OUR EARLIER
STORMS. LOW LEVEL SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS HAVE ENHANCED THE LOW LEVEL
SHEER WITH 0-1 KM SHEAR VALUES OF 20-25 KTS AND 0-1 KM SRH VALUES
AS HIGH AS 200 TO 250 M2/S2. WIND SHEAR WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH
THE EVENING ALLOWING FOR A CONTINUED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. STORMS WILL EVENTUALLY
TAKE ON A MORE LINEAR MODE BY LATER THIS EVENING WITH THE PRIMARY
THREAT BECOMING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...ALTHOUGH A QLCS MAY DEVELOP
WITH SOME TORNADO POTENTIAL IN BOWING LINE SEGMENTS. LARGE HAIL
WILL BE A CONTINUED THREAT THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD WITH GOLF
BALL SIZED HAIL CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY EVEN SEE
LARGER THAN GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
LARGELY MOVE EAST OF OUR CWA BY MIDNIGHT WITH A DECREASING SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT ONWARD.

THURSDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE BUT THE BEST
CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE EAST OF OUR FORECAST AREA. WE ARE ONLY
EXPECTING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR AREAS EAST OF
HIGHWAY 281.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 405 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

GIVEN THE RECENT ACTIVE/FAIRLY WET PATTERN OF LATE...THE MAIN
STORY DURING THIS PERIOD INVOLVES A TRANSITION TO QUIETER/DRIER
WEATHER. ALTHOUGH SOME FAIRLY LOW POPS HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED FOR
PARTS OF THE CWA THURSDAY NIGHT...FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...CURRENTLY HAVE FRIDAY NIGHT...AND SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT POP-FREE FOR THE ENTIRE CWA.
THEREAFTER...THERE WILL BE A RETURN TO AT LEAST SLIGHT
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES IN THE MONDAY-WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME...AND
POSSIBLY AT LEAST A LIMITED SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...BUT ITS TOO
EARLY TO TALK SPECIFICS. HIGH TEMPS WILL GENERALLY FLUCTUATE
BETWEEN THE LOW 70S AND MID 80S...WITH SATURDAY LOOKING LIKE THE
OVERALL COOLEST DAY WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 60S IN MOST NEB
ZONES...AND TUESDAY THE WARMEST DAY WITH HIGHS MAINLY MID-UPPER

STARTING OUT ON THURSDAY EVENING/NIGHT AFTER 7 PM...ANY RISK OF
STRONG/SEVERE STORMS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN
CWA SHOULD BE ON THE WANE...AS WHATEVER INSTABILITY IS LEFT
QUICKLY DIMINISHES. ON THE SYNOPTIC SCALE...THE MID/UPPER LEVEL
FLOW IS QUASI-ZONAL ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF A CLOSED 500
MILLIBAR LOW CENTERED ALONG THE SD/ND BORDER. DURING THE
EVENING...WILL LINGER SOME SOME SLIGHT STORM CHANCES ACROSS THE
MAJORITY OF THE CWA...BUT WILL LEAVE OUT MOST NEB COUNTIES SOUTH
OF I-80 AND W OF HIGHWAY 281. AFTER MIDNIGHT...HAVE SOME 20-30
POPS ONLY WITHIN THE SOUTHEAST 1/3 OF THE CWA...TO ACCOUNT FOR THE
SUGGESTION OF SOME MODELS THAT SOME STORMS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE
FAR NORTHWEST PERIPHERY OF A 45+ KT LOW LEVEL JET CENTERED OVER
CENTRAL/EASTERN KS. WITH DRIER AIR ADVECTING IN FROM THE
WEST...LOWERED LOWS SLIGHTLY....AIMING FOR A RANGE FROM UPPER
40S/LOW 50S WEST TO MID/UPPER 50S EAST.

FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT...THE NORTHERN PLAINS CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW
STARTS TO OPEN UP A BIT AND MOVE EAST...WHILE AT THE SURFACE...IT
WILL BECOME A BIT BREEZY FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY AT SUSTAINED
SPEEDS 15-20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. WHILE A DECENT INSTABILITY
AXIS COULD RESIDE JUST EAST/SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA...NOT THINKING
MUCH OF A SEVERE THREAT LOCALLY...BUT WILL CARRY SOME SLIGHT
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ONLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS MAINLY ACROSS
THE NORTHEAST 1/2 TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME WEAK
ACTIVITY DEVELOPING IN A STEEP LAPSE RATE ENVIRONMENT UNDER A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSING THROUGH ALOFT. AS DEWPOINTS FALL INTO THE
40S AND EVEN 30S DURING THE AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
ARE PROGGED WELL DOWN INTO THE 20S MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST
CWA...BUT GIVEN THE RECENT RAINS AND UNFAVORABLE FUEL STATUS FOR
LARGE FIRE GROWTH...WE WILL REFRAIN FROM ANY ELEVATED/NEAR
CRITICAL FIRE DANGER IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. WILL KEEP
FRIDAY NIGHT DRY WITH BEST THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL WELL SOUTH AND
EAST.

SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT...OTHER THAN THE SLIGHTEST CHANCE OF A
PASSING RAIN SHOWER NORTH OF I-80...LOOKS LIKE A DRY 24 HOURS CWA-
WIDE. THIS SHOULD BE THE COOLEST DAY OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD...ENHANCED BY RATHER BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED
AROUND 20 MPH AND POSSIBLY STRONGER. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN A DRY
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING IN...AND LOWS ARE AIMED
DOWN AROUND 50 MOST AREAS AND POSSIBLY MID 40S FAR WEST.

SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT...CONFIDENCE CONTINUES HIGH IN A DRY 24 HOURS
AS LOW AMPLITUDE MID LEVEL RIDGING OVERSPREADS THE CENTRAL PLAINS.

MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT...A RETURN TO SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW RESULTS
IN INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY...AND THE FAR SOUTHEAST
PERIPHERY OF A MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH CENTERED OVER THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES STARTS TO BRUSH INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THESE
ARE FAIRLY SHAKY/LOW COVERAGE STORM CHANCES AT ONLY 20-30 PERCENT.

TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...STORM CHANCES GET A BIT BETTER AS THE
SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSES BY TO THE NORTH AND EVENTUALLY NORTHEAST.
ALTHOUGH ITS FAR TOO SOON TO DETERMINE SPECIFICS...THE BEST
COVERAGE OF STORMS AND POSSIBLY SEVERE LOOKS TO TARGET THE
TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z KGRI TAF THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 100 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THERE ARE NUMEROUS AVIATION CHALLENGES INCLUDING MULTIPLE ROUNDS
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN AND AROUND KGRI THROUGH THIS EVENING. VARYING
WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION NEAR THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE A
CONCERN. FURTHERMORE...THERE WILL BE PERIODIC MVFR AND IFR
CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP TO THE SOUTHWEST OF KGRI AND
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL SWING THROUGH OR NEAR KGRI THIS
AFTERNOON. ANOTHER INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN KANSAS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND WILL PUSH NORTHEAST INTO KGRI THIS EVENING. SEVERE
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...NONE.
KS...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR KSZ006-007-017>019.

&&

SHORT TERM...WESELY
LONG TERM...PFANNKUCH
AVIATION...WESELY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
323 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
302030-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
323 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH
HAIL AS BIG AS GOLF BALLS...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 70
MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

LOWLAND FLOODING WILL ALSO BECOME A CONCERN TODAY WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR
LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE FOR THOSE AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA AS WELL AS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
TODAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE
OUTLOOK AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRIMARILY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281.

THERE ARE INTERMITTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE OUTLOOK
AREA ON THURSDAY NIGHT...FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND THEN BETWEEN NEXT
MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH ANY
STORMS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SOME STORMS NEXT
WEEK COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TUESDAY TIME
FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

WESELY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
429 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0427 PM     TORNADO          4 N CLAY CENTER         40.58N 98.05W
05/29/2013                   CLAY               NE   EMERGENCY MNGR

            RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO STILL ON GROUND NEAR HIGHWAY 6 AND
            ROAD P.

&&

SROSSI

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
438 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0433 PM     TORNADO          6 SW STOCKHAM           40.66N 98.02W
05/29/2013                   CLAY               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            OUT BUILDING REPORTED DESTROYED ALONG WITH TREE DAMAGE
            NEAR ROAD P AND 318. TORNADO REPORTED ON GROUND
            APPROACHING STOCKHAM.

&&

SROSSI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
438 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

NEZ060-072-073-082-292230-
DAWSON NE-FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-PHELPS NE-
438 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN PHELPS...GOSPER...
NORTHWESTERN FURNAS AND DAWSON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 433 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OCONTO TO 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BARTLEY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
COZAD AROUND 445 PM CDT.
LEXINGTON AND JOHNSON LAKE AROUND 510 PM CDT.
ELWOOD AND CAMBRIDGE AROUND 515 PM CDT.
HOLBROOK AND SMITHFIELD AROUND 525 PM CDT.
OVERTON AROUND 530 PM CDT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 212 AND 248.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 4085 10023 4105 10006 4105 9971 4089 9942
      4082 9943 4021 10004 4029 10020 4036 10020
      4036 10010 4044 10009 4045 9999 4069 9999
      4070 10023
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 306DEG 26KT 4111 9982 4041 10052

EDDY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
442 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0440 PM     HAIL             GOTHENBURG              40.93N 100.16W
05/29/2013  E1.00 INCH       DAWSON             NE   PUBLIC

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL RELAYED BY CHASER.

&&

SROSSI

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
447 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0436 PM     TORNADO          3 NW YORK               40.90N 97.64W
05/29/2013                   YORK               NE   STORM CHASER

&&

GUERRERO

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
451 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     TSTM WND GST     9 NE HUNTER             39.33N 98.28W
05/29/2013  E50 MPH          MITCHELL           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

PFANNKUC