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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2021, 2:32 PM CST for 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 13 min. 2 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
- Dec 15, 2021, 2:32 PM CST (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2021, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Hamilton County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Polk County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2:36 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Polk, NE | DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 66 FROM 2 TO 4 MILES EAST OF POLK. MAINLY NUMEROUS IRRIGATION PIVOTS AND A FEW OUTBUILDINGS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. UNKNOWN IF TORNADO DAMAGE. |
| Dec 15, 2:40 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Ne Polk, NE | NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOUND PRELIMINARY EF-1 DAMAGE FROM A TORNADO THAT TRACKED FROM ROUGHLY 2 SE OF POLK TO 6 W OF OSCEOLA. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE ADDED ONCE SURVEY IS COMPLETE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 1:23 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 2165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 384 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
410
WFUS53 KGID 152032
TORGID
NEC081-121-125-143-152045-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0011.211215T2032Z-211215T2045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
232 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Nance County in central Nebraska...
Northeastern Hamilton County in south central Nebraska...
Northeastern Merrick County in central Nebraska...
Northwestern Polk County in east central Nebraska...
* Until 245 PM CST.
* At 232 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Hordville, or 18 miles northwest of York, moving
northeast at 70 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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...
Silver Creek around 245 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 4127 9743 4104 9778 4105 9783 4102 9783
4099 9787 4102 9793 4142 9772 4141 9770
4140 9770 4140 9767 4136 9760 4133 9760
4134 9756
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 214DEG 62KT 4105 9786
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MangelsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps, Webster | 36 min |
| Dec 15, 1:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton and 7 more | 54 min |
| Dec 15, 1:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Franklin, Webster | 15 min |
| Dec 15, 1:41 PM CST | Dust Storm Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney and 1 more | 94 min |
| Dec 15, 1:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams | 17 min |
| Dec 15, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Clay, Webster | 15 min |
| Dec 15, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Howard | 15 min |
| Dec 15, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Hall, Hamilton, Merrick | 18 min |
| Dec 15, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton | 12 min |
| Dec 15, 2:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Clay, Fillmore, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Howard and 7 more | 52 min |
| Dec 15, 2:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Polk, York | 16 min |
| Dec 15, 2:17 PM CST | Blowing Dust Warning | GID | Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster | 6 hr |
| Dec 15, 2:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance, Polk, York | 38 min |
| Dec 15, 2:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GID | Nance | 9 min |
| Dec 15, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GID | Merrick, Polk | 17 min |
| Dec 15, 2:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GID | Polk, York | 15 min |
| Dec 15, 4:31 PM CST | Snow Squall Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 59 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.