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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

May 11, 2014Fillmore County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2014, 7:27 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 11, 2014, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Fillmore County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 11, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 2520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.5
Supercell composite: 18.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

150 
WFUS53 KGID 120027
TORGID
NEC059-169-120100-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0013.140512T0027Z-140512T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
727 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
    
* AT 726 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BELVIDERE...OR 31 MILES NORTH OF
  BELLEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRUNING AROUND 730 PM CDT.
  STRANG AROUND 735 PM CDT.
  OHIOWA AROUND 740 PM CDT.
  MILLIGAN AROUND 750 PM CDT.

PEOPLE IN BRUNING SHOULD BE IN THERE STORM SHELTER NOW!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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 4014 9758 4021 9773 4059 9765 4053 9737
      4029 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 214DEG 37KT 4028 9758 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BRYANT

2 follow-up statements

350 
WWUS53 KGID 120036
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
736 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

NEC059-169-120100-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140512T0100Z/
THAYER NE-FILLMORE NE-
736 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN THAYER AND SOUTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTIES...
    
AT 736 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OHIOWA...OR 36 MILES WEST OF BEATRICE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MILLIGAN AROUND 750 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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 4029 9761 4048 9759 4053 9737 4029 9737
      4021 9752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 229DEG 39KT 4034 9744 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BRYANT

871 
WWUS53 KGID 120052
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
752 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

NEC059-169-120102-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140512T0100Z/
THAYER NE-FILLMORE NE-
752 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN THAYER AND SOUTHEASTERN
FILLMORE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4029 9761 4048 9759 4053 9737 4029 9737
      4021 9752
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 214DEG 37KT 4034 9744 

$$

BRYANT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	23 min
May 11, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	30 min
May 11, 9:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York	24 hr
May 11, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	33 min
May 12, 12:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	39 min
May 12, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	27 min
May 12, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay, York	29 min
May 12, 3:19 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas and 13 more	16 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.