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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2021, 4:03 PM MDT for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 42 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
- May 26, 2021, 4:03 PM MDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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 26, 4:03 PM MDT | TORNADO | 8 N Max, NE | NEW TORNADO ON GROUND WITH EAST CIRCULATION AT MM16 ON HWY 61. |
| May 26, 4:19 PM MDT | HAIL 1.75 | 13 Nw Stratton, NE | |
| May 26, 4:23 PM MDT | TORNADO | 11 Wsw Palisade, NE | SPOTTER WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CHASE COUNTY LOOKING SOUTH. |
| May 26, 4:25 PM MDT | HAIL 2.5 | 12 N Max, 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 26, 3:42 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 2021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
059
WFUS53 KGLD 262203
TORGLD
NEC057-087-262245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0028.210526T2203Z-210526T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
403 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Hitchcock County in southwestern Nebraska...
Northeastern Dundy County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 445 PM MDT/545 PM CDT/.
* At 402 PM MDT/502 PM CDT/, a confirmed tornado was located 11 miles
south of Wauneta, or 14 miles north of Benkelman, moving northeast
at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Emergency Management confirmed tornado. At 400 PM MDT...a
confirmed tornado was reported 8 miles north of Max.
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
northwestern Hitchcock and northeastern Dundy Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 4023 10136 4020 10144 4025 10150 4035 10150
4035 10121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 208DEG 17KT 4025 10143
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
Husted2 follow-up statements
206
WWUS53 KGLD 262211
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
411 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021
NEC057-087-262245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210526T2245Z/
Hitchcock NE-Dundy NE-
411 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT/545 PM CDT/
FOR NORTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK AND NORTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTIES...
At 410 PM MDT/510 PM CDT/, a confirmed tornado was located 10 miles
south of Wauneta, or 17 miles northeast of Benkelman, moving north at
10 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado. At 410 PM MDT...two
tornadoes are ongoing north northeast of Max.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Hitchcock and northeastern Dundy Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4023 10136 4020 10144 4025 10150 4035 10150
4035 10121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 201DEG 11KT 4027 10137
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
Husted350
WWUS53 KGLD 262225
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
425 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021
NEC057-087-262245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-210526T2245Z/
Hitchcock NE-Dundy NE-
425 PM MDT Wed May 26 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT/545 PM CDT/
FOR NORTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK AND NORTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTIES...
At 424 PM MDT/524 PM CDT/, a confirmed tornado was located 8 miles
southeast of Wauneta, or 17 miles northwest of Trenton, moving north
at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado. At 422 PM MDT...a
confirmed tornado was located 12 miles north northeast of
Max.
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
northwestern Hitchcock and northeastern Dundy Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 4026 10132 4026 10138 4030 10143 4035 10143
4035 10121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 199DEG 17KT 4030 10130
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
HustedThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:14 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 40 min |
| May 26, 10:36 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 9 min |
| May 26, 10:55 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 35 min |
| May 26, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 55 min |
| May 26, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 57 min |
| May 26, 3:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 52 min |
| May 26, 3:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 29 min |
| May 26, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 54 min |
| May 26, 4:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 40 min |
| May 26, 4:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 46 min |
| May 26, 4:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 44 min |
| May 26, 5:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 45 min |
| May 26, 5:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 48 min |
| May 26, 5:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 44 min |
| May 26, 5:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 48 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.