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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Hastings, NE

December 15, 2021Adams County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2021, 1:43 PM CST for Adams County, Nebraska. It was in force for 17 min. 4 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, 1:43 PM CST (19:43 UTC)
Expired: Dec 15, 2021, 2:00 PM CST
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Adams County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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
Dec 15, 1:50 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ese Juniata, NE	REPORT OF SEMI OVERTURNED AT HIGHWAY 6 ANND ADAMS CENTRAL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Dec 15, 1:54 PM CST	TSTM WND GST 57	Hastings Airport, NE	DELAYED REPORT OF PEAK WIND GUST WITH LINE OF STORMS.
Dec 15, 1:56 PM CST	HAIL 1	2 N Hastings, NE	DELAYED REPORT OF WIND DRIVEN HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. CAUSED SIDING, FENCE AND ROOF DAMAGE.
Dec 15, 1:58 PM CST	HAIL 0.88	Hastings Nws Office, NE	DELAYED REPORT OF BRIEF HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AT NWS HASTINGS. COMBO OF INTENSE WIND AND HAIL DAMAGED VINYL SIDING IN TOWN.

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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 2654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

489 
WFUS53 KGID 151943
TORGID
NEC001-152000-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0005.211215T1943Z-211215T2000Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Adams County in south central Nebraska...

* Until 200 PM CST.
    
* At 142 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Roseland, or 13 miles southwest of Hastings,
  moving northeast at 75 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...
  Juniata around 150 PM CST.
  Hastings around 155 PM CST.
  Hansen around 200 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 4060 9828 4038 9860 4038 9862 4040 9865
      4070 9853 4070 9828
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 212DEG 67KT 4045 9858 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

Mangels

1 follow-up statement

865 
WWUS53 KGID 151951
SVSGID

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

NEC001-152000-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-211215T2000Z/
Adams NE-
151 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM
CST...
                
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.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for 
Adams County.

LAT...LON 4060 9828 4038 9860 4038 9862 4040 9865
      4070 9853 4070 9828
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 212DEG 67KT 4054 9850 

$$

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, 1:45 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, 2:39 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.