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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2016, 6:03 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 min. 6 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
- Apr 24, 2016, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Nuckolls County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 24, 6:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Nw Superior, NE | CONFIRMED TIME OF INITIAL TOUCHDOWN. |
| Apr 24, 6:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 18 W Deshler, NE | STATE PATROL REPORTS SEEING A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. CORRECTED DISTANCE AND TIME FROM DESHLER |
| Apr 24, 6:05 PM CDT | TORNADO | 18 W Deshler, NE | STATE PATROL REPORTS SEEING A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. CORRECTED DISTANCEAND TIME FROM DESHLER |
| Apr 24, 6:08 PM CDT | TORNADO | 15 W Deshler, NE | STATE PATROL REPORTS SEEING A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
| Apr 24, 6:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Nw Superior, NE | LIVE VIDEO AS TORNADO LIFTED AT AROUND 609 PM ON VIAERO WIRELESS TOWER CAM. FUNNEL CLOUD STILL VISIBLE AT 612 PM. INITIAL TOUCHDOWN WAS NORTH OF BOSTWICK NEAR HWY 136 AND LIFTED AROUND 4 MILES LATER APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUPERIOR. |
| Apr 24, 6:09 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Nw Superior, NE | LIVE VIDEO AS TORNADO LIFTING ON VIAERO WIRELESS TOWER CAM. EXACT START TIME UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. FUNNEL CLOUD STILL VISIBLE AT 612 PM. |
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 24, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 440 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
414
WFUS53 KGID 242303
TORGID
NEC129-242330-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0003.160424T2303Z-160424T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
603 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 603 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BOSTWICK...OR 36 MILES SOUTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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...
NELSON AROUND 615 PM CDT.
RUSKIN AND NORA AROUND 630 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 4005 9782 4006 9821 4018 9825 4027 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 269DEG 18KT 4010 9816
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
WESELY3 follow-up statements
066
WWUS53 KGID 242312
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
612 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
NEC129-242330-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160424T2330Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-
612 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
NUCKOLLS COUNTY...
AT 610 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOSTWICK...OR 37
MILES SOUTH OF HASTINGS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 609 PM...A TORNADO
WAS VISIBLE ON A SUPERIOR TOWER CAM. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUPERIOR.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NORA AROUND 630 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4005 9782 4006 9821 4018 9825 4027 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 275DEG 16KT 4009 9812
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
WESELY714
WWUS53 KGID 242321
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
621 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
NEC129-242330-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160424T2330Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-
621 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY...
AT 619 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SUPERIOR...OR 38 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THE TORNADO LIFTED AROUND 609
PM...BUT THERE IS STILL ROTATION WITHIN THE STORM AND
ADDITIONAL TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE.
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...
RUSKIN AND NORA AROUND 630 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4006 9814 4020 9814 4027 9782 4005 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 268DEG 20KT 4009 9804
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
WESELY643
WWUS53 KGID 242331
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
631 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
NEC129-242340-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160424T2330Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-
631 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN
LIKELY AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
HASTINGS.
LAT...LON 4006 9814 4020 9814 4027 9782 4005 9782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 269DEG 18KT 4009 9804
$$
WESELYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Webster | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Clay | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Webster | 28 min |
| Apr 24, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Nuckolls | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Fillmore, Thayer | 21 min |
| Apr 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 28 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.