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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE

April 26, 2016Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2016, 6:06 PM CDT for Nuckolls County, Thayer County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 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: Apr 26, 2016, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 2.5 in

Counties Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 26, 2:12 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 1053 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 394 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

As transmitted.

596 
WFUS53 KGID 262306
TORGID
NEC129-169-262330-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0004.160426T2306Z-160426T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
606 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL NUCKOLLS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
  SOUTHWESTERN THAYER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
    
* AT 604 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF BYRON...OR 45 MILES NORTH OF
  BELOIT...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. IN ADDITION...STORM CHASERS
           HAVE REPORTED ROTATION AND AT LEAST A BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD
           IN THE PAST 10 MINUTES.  

  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...
  IN MAINLY RURAL AREAS SOUTHWEST OF DESHLER THROUGH 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 4001 9776 4004 9785 4020 9782 4018 9765
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 196DEG 14KT 4008 9780 

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

$$

PFANNKUCH

2 follow-up statements

463 
WWUS53 KGID 262320
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
620 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

NEC129-169-262330-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160426T2330Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-THAYER NE-
620 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL NUCKOLLS AND WEST CENTRAL THAYER COUNTIES...
    
AT 619 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS CENTERED SOUTHEAST OF RUSKIN NEAR THE NUCKOLLS AND THAYER COUNTY
LINE...OR 45 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HASTINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION...ALTHOUGH THE ROTATION HAS
         WEAKENED SOMEWHAT SINCE THE WARNING WAS FIRST ISSUED. 

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...  MAINLY RURAL AREAS SOUTHEAST
OF RUSKIN AND SOUTHWEST OF DESHLER THROUGH 630 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4005 9776 4007 9783 4020 9782 4018 9765
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 190DEG 11KT 4010 9780 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

PFANNKUCH

670 
WWUS53 KGID 262331
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
631 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

NEC129-169-262339-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160426T2330Z/
NUCKOLLS NE-THAYER NE-
631 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NUCKOLLS AND WEST CENTRAL
THAYER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.

ALSO...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NUCKOLLS AND WESTERN THAYER COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT. 


LAT...LON 4005 9776 4007 9783 4020 9782 4018 9765
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 196DEG 14KT 4010 9780 

$$

PFANNKUCH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 2:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	41 min
Apr 26, 3:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	40 min
Apr 26, 3:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Webster	33 min
Apr 26, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	34 min
Apr 26, 4:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	51 min
Apr 26, 4:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	52 min
Apr 26, 4:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	23 min
Apr 26, 5:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	28 min
Apr 26, 5:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Thayer	27 min
Apr 26, 5:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	47 min
Apr 26, 4:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	29 min
Apr 26, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	47 min
Apr 26, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	26 min
Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	43 min
Apr 26, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay	39 min
Apr 26, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	35 min
Apr 26, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	36 min
Apr 26, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	29 min
Apr 26, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York	43 min
Apr 26, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	39 min
Apr 26, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	45 min
Apr 26, 6:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	4 hr
Apr 26, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	44 min

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.