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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

May 28, 20194 counties in Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2019, 12:44 AM CDT for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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: May 28, 2019, 12:44 AM CDT (05:44 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2019, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Buffalo County, NE, Hall County, NE, Howard County, NE, Sherman County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:46 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
May 28, 12:58 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Ravenna, NE

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
May 27, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 141 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: 309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

As transmitted.

991 
WFUS53 KGID 280544
TORGID
NEC019-079-093-163-280615-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0013.190528T0544Z-190528T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1244 AM CDT Tue May 28 2019

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Buffalo County in south central Nebraska...
  Southeastern Sherman County in central Nebraska...
  Southwestern Howard County in central Nebraska...
  Northwestern Hall County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 115 AM CDT.
    
* At 1243 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Poole, or 20 miles north of Kearney,
  moving east at 35 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...
  Ravenna around 1255 AM CDT.
  Rockville around 105 AM CDT.
  Boelus around 110 AM CDT.
  Cairo around 115 AM 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 4088 9916 4104 9923 4118 9859 4091 9853
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 259DEG 30KT 4099 9901 

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

$$

Heinlein

1 follow-up statement

551 
WWUS53 KGID 280556
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
1256 AM CDT Tue May 28 2019

NEC019-079-093-163-280615-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190528T0615Z/
Buffalo NE-Sherman NE-Howard NE-Hall NE-
1256 AM CDT Tue May 28 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN BUFFALO...SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN...SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD AND
NORTHWESTERN HALL COUNTIES...
    
At 1255 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Ravenna, or 24 miles northeast of Kearney, moving
east at 35 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...
  Rockville around 105 AM CDT.
  Boelus around 110 AM CDT.
  Cairo around 115 AM 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 4089 9905 4109 9900 4118 9859 4091 9853
TIME...MOT...LOC 0555Z 259DEG 30KT 4101 9887 

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

$$

Heinlein

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan	25 min
May 27, 9:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more	9 hr
May 27, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Franklin, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps	30 min
May 27, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	45 min
May 27, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Howard, Sherman	43 min
May 27, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Nuckolls	45 min
May 27, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	49 min
May 27, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls	42 min
May 27, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	39 min
May 27, 11:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	43 min
May 27, 11:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	36 min
May 27, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	44 min
May 27, 11:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Thayer	28 min
May 27, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, Thayer	24 min
May 27, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Valley	49 min
May 27, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson, Gosper	46 min
May 27, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Thayer	17 min
May 28, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	45 min
May 28, 12:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman	27 min
May 28, 12:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	12 hr
May 28, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley	45 min
May 28, 12:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Thayer	60 hr
May 28, 12:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo, Gosper, Phelps	42 min
May 28, 1:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance	49 min
May 28, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Merrick, Sherman	46 min
May 28, 1:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Kearney, Phelps, Sherman	14 hr
May 28, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Merrick, Nance	45 min
May 28, 2:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk	43 min
May 28, 2:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Clay, Hall, Hamilton	43 min
May 28, 2:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton, York	41 min
May 28, 2:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson, Gosper	48 min
May 28, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance, Polk	30 min
May 28, 3:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York	46 min
May 28, 4:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps	12 hr
May 28, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Merrick, Nance and 2 more	43 min
May 28, 6:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance	27 hr
May 28, 6:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, York	4 days
May 28, 12:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer	4 hr
May 28, 2:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Valley	5 hr
May 28, 3:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Polk	48 hr
May 28, 4:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Hall and 6 more	72 hr
May 28, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Adams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster	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.