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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Hastings, NE

May 7, 2014Buffalo County, Dawson County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 7, 2014, 8:10 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Dawson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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 7, 2014, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Dawson County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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
May 7, 8:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Miller, NE
May 7, 8:30 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Miller, NE	BUFFALO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED A LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN MILLER.

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 7, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 848 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1435 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 3.7

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The text

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

156 
WFUS53 KGID 080110
TORGID
NEC019-047-080145-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0007.140508T0110Z-140508T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
810 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DAWSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
    
* AT 809 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SUMNER...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SUMNER AND MILLER. 

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 4105 9957 4104 9926 4075 9951 4078 9973
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 223DEG 53KT 4093 9950 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

BRYANT

2 follow-up statements

460 
WWUS53 KGID 080118
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
818 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

NEC019-047-080145-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140508T0145Z/
DAWSON NE-BUFFALO NE-
818 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DAWSON AND NORTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES...
    
AT 817 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR SUMNER...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMNER AND MILLER. 

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 4105 9957 4104 9926 4077 9951 4080 9970
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 213DEG 23KT 4093 9947 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

BRYANT

514 
WWUS53 KGID 080125
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
825 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

NEC019-047-080145-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140508T0145Z/
DAWSON NE-BUFFALO NE-
825 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DAWSON AND NORTHWESTERN BUFFALO COUNTIES...
    
AT 824 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLER...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
LEXINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND BASEBALL 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUMNER AND MILLER. 

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 4104 9953 4104 9926 4080 9949 4087 9965
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 228DEG 37KT 4094 9944 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.75IN

$$

BRYANT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	28 min
May 7, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	27 min
May 7, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper	35 min
May 7, 7:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Dawson	36 min
May 7, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Sherman	28 min
May 7, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Howard, Sherman	42 min
May 7, 9:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard	39 min
May 7, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	33 min
May 7, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	27 min
May 7, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	31 min
May 8, 1:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Merrick	9 min
May 8, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	21 min
May 8, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	8 min
May 8, 2:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	22 min
May 8, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	14 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.