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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Hastings, NE

May 8, 2016Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2016, 9:10 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 10 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 8, 2016, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2016, 9:20 PM CDT
In force
10 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Nuckolls County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1219 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

509 
WFUS53 KGID 090210
TORGID
NEC129-181-090245-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0011.160509T0210Z-160509T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
910 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
    
* AT 909 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR COWLES...OR 26 MILES SOUTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  ROSEMONT AROUND 920 PM CDT. 
  LAWRENCE AROUND 930 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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4009 9829 4016 9850 4035 9842 4035 9807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 205DEG 22KT 4020 9835 

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

$$

WESELY
1 follow-up statement
558 
WWUS53 KGID 090220
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
920 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

NEC129-181-090229-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160509T0245Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-WEBSTER NE-
920 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN NUCKOLLS AND NORTHEASTERN
WEBSTER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.


LAT...LON 4009 9829 4016 9850 4035 9842 4035 9807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 205DEG 22KT 4026 9832 

$$

WESELY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDHarlan43 min
May 8, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHarlan24 min
May 8, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDDawson51 min
May 8, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin42 min
May 8, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDGosper35 min
May 8, 8:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo, Sherman, Valley24 min
May 8, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSherman, Valley42 min
May 8, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson28 min
May 8, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster47 min
May 8, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster50 min
May 8, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls23 min
May 8, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHoward53 min
May 8, 9:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer48 min
May 8, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer41 min
May 8, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDHamilton33 min
May 9, 4:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDWebster34 min
May 9, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin16 min
May 9, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDFranklin14 min
May 9, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo34 min
May 9, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDClay40 min
May 9, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay48 min
May 9, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDYork41 min
May 9, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay27 min
May 9, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDYork39 min
May 9, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps47 min
May 9, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhelps47 min
May 9, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay28 min
May 9, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore52 min
May 9, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDClay46 min
May 9, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, York48 min
May 9, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls43 min
May 9, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhelps44 min
May 9, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore28 min
May 9, 6:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFillmore3 hr

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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.