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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

June 2, 2023Hamilton County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2023, 4:11 PM CDT for Hamilton County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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: Jun 2, 2023, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2023, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

County Hamilton County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1259 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

663 
WFUS53 KGID 022111
TORGID
NEC081-022145-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0013.230602T2111Z-230602T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Hastings NE
411 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023

The National Weather Service in Hastings has issued a

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

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 411 PM CDT, a confirmed landspout tornado was located just 
  south of Aurora, or 19 miles east of Grand Island, moving north at 
  10 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado.

  SOURCE...Emergency management confirmed tornado.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.

* The tornado will be near...
  Aurora around 415 PM CDT.

This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 330 and 335.
 
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 4080 9794 4079 9804 4094 9812 4096 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 157DEG 11KT 4083 9802 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Pfannkuch

2 follow-up statements

447 
WWUS53 KGID 022126
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
426 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023

NEC081-022145-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230602T2145Z/
Hamilton NE-
426 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
HAMILTON COUNTY...
    
At 425 PM CDT, a confirmed landspout tornado was located a few miles 
north of Aurora, or 17 miles east of Grand Island, moving northwest 
at 15 mph.

HAZARD...TORNADO.

SOURCE...Emergency management confirmed weak tornado.

IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Hamilton County. 

This Warning no longer includes the community of Aurora. 

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 4089 9793 4088 9808 4094 9812 4096 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 157DEG 11KT 4087 9804 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

Pfannkuch

260 
WWUS53 KGID 022138
SVSGID

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Hastings NE
438 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023

NEC081-022146-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230602T2145Z/
Hamilton NE-
438 PM CDT Fri Jun 2 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 445
PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, this particular Tornado warning will be allowed to expire.

However, a newer Tornado Warning still remains in effect for parts 
of northeastern Hamilton and west central Merrick counties until 5 
PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4089 9793 4088 9808 4094 9812 4096 9790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 157DEG 11KT 4090 9805 

$$

Pfannkuch

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 4:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	York	23 min
Jun 2, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	Hamilton, Merrick	30 min
Jun 2, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Polk	45 min
Jun 2, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Merrick	24 min
Jun 2, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Merrick, Nance	26 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.