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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Hastings, NE

December 15, 2021Nance County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2021, 2:39 PM CST for Nance County, Nebraska. It was in force for 9 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: Dec 15, 2021, 2:39 PM CST (20:39 UTC)
Expired: Dec 15, 2021, 2:48 PM CST
In force: 9 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Nance County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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.

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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

394 
WFUS53 KGID 152039
TORGID
NEC125-152100-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0012.211215T2039Z-211215T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
239 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Nance County in central Nebraska...

* Until 300 PM CST.
    
* At 239 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Fullerton, or 29 miles west of Columbus, 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northeastern Nance County.

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 4139 9790 4143 9802 4151 9798 4151 9789
      4153 9788 4153 9773
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 210DEG 61KT 4145 9792 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Mangels

1 follow-up statement

715 
WWUS53 KGID 152048
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
248 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021

NEC125-152058-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-211215T2100Z/
Nance NE-
248 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN NANCE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for central
Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4139 9790 4143 9802 4151 9798 4151 9789
      4153 9788 4153 9773
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 210DEG 61KT 4159 9781 

$$

Mangels

The 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 Considerable damage threat	GID	Franklin, Furnas, Harlan, Kearney, Phelps, Webster	36 min
Dec 15, 1:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	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 Considerable damage threat	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 Destructive damage threat	GID	Hamilton, Howard, Merrick, Nance, Polk, York	38 min
Dec 15, 2:32 PM CST	Tornado Warning	GID	Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk	13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.