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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Hastings, NE

May 27, 2016Fillmore County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2016, 6:19 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 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 27, 2016, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

County Fillmore County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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 27, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

131 
WFUS53 KGID 272319
TORGID
NEC059-272345-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0016.160527T2319Z-160527T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
619 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
    
* AT 619 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER OHIOWA...OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF YORK...MOVING NORTH AT
  15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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 635 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 4037 9756 4060 9753 4063 9737 4036 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 183DEG 14KT 4044 9744 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

EWALD
2 follow-up statements
995 
WWUS53 KGID 272334
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
634 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

NEC059-272345-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160527T2345Z/
FILLMORE NE-
634 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL FILLMORE COUNTY...
    
AT 633 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF MILLIGAN...OR 27 MILES SOUTH OF
YORK...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG 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...
MILLIGAN.

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 4046 9751 4060 9753 4063 9737 4045 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 199DEG 18KT 4050 9741 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

EWALD
111 
WWUS53 KGID 272345
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
645 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

NEC059-272354-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160527T2345Z/
FILLMORE NE-
645 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL FILLMORE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 645 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.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 4046 9751 4060 9753 4063 9737 4045 9737
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 183DEG 14KT 4050 9741 

$$

EWALD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFurnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps52 min
May 26, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney and 1 more47 min
May 26, 10:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDDawson49 min
May 26, 10:59 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDFillmore12 hr
May 27, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDThayer32 min
May 27, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDNuckolls41 min
May 27, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer40 min
May 27, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer42 min
May 27, 5:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFillmore, Thayer18 hr
May 27, 6:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer3 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.