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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Dec 15, 2021, 1:45 PM CST for Buffalo County, Hall County, Howard County, Nebraska. It was in force for 15 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, 1:45 PM CST (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2021, 2:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Buffalo County, NE, Hall County, NE, Howard County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
472
WFUS53 KGID 151945 RRA
TORGID
NEC019-079-093-152000-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0007.211215T1945Z-211215T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
145 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Buffalo County in south central Nebraska...
Southwestern Howard County in central Nebraska...
Western Hall County in south central Nebraska...
* Until 200 PM CST.
* At 145 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Shelton, or 18 miles west of Grand Island, 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...
Cairo around 155 PM CST.
Dannebrog around 200 PM CST.
This includes Interstate 80 near mile marker 294.
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 4072 9869 4080 9889 4120 9861 4105 9831
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 212DEG 64KT 4084 9870
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
Mangels1 follow-up statement
043
WWUS53 KGID 151959
SVSGID
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
159 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021
NEC019-079-093-152009-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-211215T2000Z/
Buffalo NE-Howard NE-Hall NE-
159 PM CST Wed Dec 15 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BUFFALO...SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD
AND WESTERN HALL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM CST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CST for south central
and central Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4072 9869 4080 9889 4120 9861 4105 9831
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 212DEG 64KT 4101 9856
$$
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, 1:57 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, 2:32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.