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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Hastings, NE

November 27, 2016Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2016, 4:34 PM CST for Nuckolls County, Webster County, Nebraska. It was in force for 26 min. 4 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: Nov 27, 2016, 4:34 PM CST (22:34 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 26 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), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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
Nov 27, 4:36 PM CST	TORNADO	4 Sse Cowles, NE	SPLATTER ON HOME JUST NE OF TOWN OF AMBOY BUT HOME NOT DAMAGED. OUTBUILDING FLIPPED ON PROPERTY. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN SPOTS. IRRIGATION PIVOTS OVERTURNED. TIME BASED ON RADAR.
Nov 27, 4:36 PM CST	TORNADO	5 Ene Red Cloud, NE	SPLATTER ON HOME JUST NE OF TOWN OF AMBOY BUT HOME NOT DAMAGED. OUTBUILDING FLIPPED ON PROPERTY. TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN SPOTS. IRRIGATION PIVOTS OVERTURNED. TIME BASED ON RADAR.
Nov 27, 5:02 PM CST	TORNADO	4 S Deweese, NE	ANOTHER BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME STORM THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCING INTERMITTENT FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADOES. TORNADO HAS LIFTED FOR THE MOMENT.
Nov 27, 5:02 PM CST	TORNADO	7 E Lawrence, NE	ANOTHER BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME STORM THAT HAS BEEN PRODUCING INTERMITTENT FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADOES. TORNADO HAS LIFTED FOR THE MOMENT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 1198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

706 
WFUS53 KGID 272234
TORGID
NEC129-181-272300-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0017.161127T2234Z-161127T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
434 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  EASTERN WEBSTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CST
    
* AT 434 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COWLES...OR 32 MILES SOUTH OF
  HASTINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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 450 PM CST. 
  LAWRENCE AROUND 455 PM CST. 
  NELSON AROUND 500 PM CST. 

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 4027 9790 4000 9841 4000 9844 4013 9858
      4035 9829 4035 9798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 230DEG 39KT 4012 9843 

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

$$

HEINLEIN

1 follow-up statement

588 
WWUS53 KGID 272250
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
450 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2016

NEC129-181-272300-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-161127T2300Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-WEBSTER NE-
450 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
NUCKOLLS AND NORTHEASTERN WEBSTER COUNTIES...
    
AT 449 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAWRENCE...OR 25
MILES SOUTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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 TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  NELSON AROUND 500 PM CST. 

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 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 4027 9790 4008 9826 4016 9832 4030 9836
      4035 9829 4035 9798
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 230DEG 39KT 4023 9826 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 27, 2:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	35 min
Nov 27, 3:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	30 min
Nov 27, 3:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	23 min
Nov 27, 3:59 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	46 min
Nov 27, 4:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	44 min
Nov 27, 4:18 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams	42 min
Nov 27, 4:23 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	52 min
Nov 27, 4:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	Clay, Nuckolls	36 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.