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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Hastings, NE

April 27, 2014Franklin County, Kearney County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2014, 2:23 PM CDT for Franklin County, Kearney County, Nebraska. It was in force for 22 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 27, 2014, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 27, 2014, 2:45 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Franklin County, NE, Kearney County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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 27, 2:29 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 N Upland, NE	TORNADO ON THE GROUND FROM ABOUT 226 TO 229.

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 27, 12:16 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 3019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 106 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.

646 
WFUS53 KGID 271923
TORGID
NEC061-099-271945-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0003.140427T1923Z-140427T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
223 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT
    
* AT 221 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER UPLAND...OR 26 MILES EAST OF HOLDREGE...
  MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  HILDRETH AROUND 230 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 4025 9878 4023 9896 4046 9913 4050 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 154DEG 25KT 4030 9890 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

FAY

2 follow-up statements

698 
WWUS53 KGID 271930
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
230 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

NEC061-099-271945-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140427T1945Z/
KEARNEY NE-FRANKLIN NE-
230 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
KEARNEY AND NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
    
AT 229 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR UPLAND...OR 23
MILES EAST OF HOLDREGE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.  

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHERN KEARNEY AND NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4025 9878 4023 9896 4046 9913 4050 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 154DEG 25KT 4035 9893 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

FAY

132 
WWUS53 KGID 271936
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
236 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

NEC061-271944-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140427T1945Z/
FRANKLIN NE-

236 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4035 9880 4035 9905 4046 9913 4050 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 161DEG 25KT 4040 9891 

$$

NEC099-271945-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140427T1945Z/
KEARNEY NE-
236 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
KEARNEY COUNTY...
    
AT 234 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED FIVE MILES NORTH OF UPLAND...OR 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
KEARNEY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND VEHICLES. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHERN KEARNEY COUNTY.

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 4035 9880 4035 9905 4046 9913 4050 9882
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 161DEG 25KT 4040 9891 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

FAY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 3:45 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GID	Adams, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney and 3 more	15 hr
Apr 27, 11:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	23 min
Apr 27, 12:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	22 min
Apr 27, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin	33 min
Apr 27, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Kearney	44 min
Apr 27, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	20 min
Apr 27, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Webster	47 min
Apr 27, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	26 min
Apr 27, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	34 min
Apr 27, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	41 min
Apr 27, 2:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Kearney	48 min
Apr 27, 2:55 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper and 9 more	52 hr
Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore	45 min
Apr 27, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Kearney	37 min
Apr 27, 3:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams	19 min
Apr 27, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Hall	42 min
Apr 27, 3:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	11 min
Apr 27, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York	40 min
Apr 27, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Sherman	43 min
Apr 27, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman	40 min
Apr 27, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk, York	49 min
Apr 27, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Fillmore	21 min
Apr 27, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Hamilton, Merrick, Polk, York	36 min
Apr 27, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Greeley	19 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.