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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Hastings, NE

May 24, 2024York County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2024, 1:18 AM CDT for York County, Nebraska. It was in force for 12 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2024, 1:18 AM CDT (06:18 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2024, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 12 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 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
May 23, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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: 2328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 226 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 24, 12:50 AM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 12:50 AM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 3:22 PM CDT, 9 hours 56 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Hastings NE
322 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
241200-
Phillips-Smith-Jewell-Rooks-Osborne-Mitchell-Valley-Greeley-Nance-
Sherman-Howard-Merrick-Polk-Dawson-Buffalo-Hall-Hamilton-York-
Gosper-Phelps-Kearney-Adams-Clay-Fillmore-Furnas-Harlan-Franklin-
Webster-Nuckolls-Thayer-
322 PM CDT Thu May 23 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for south central Nebraska and
portions of north central Kansas.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Thursday evening and overnight, chances for thunderstorms will
increase across the outlook area. The best chances look to be
between 10 PM and 4 AM as a complex of storms pushes through the
area. Some higher end wind gusts could exceed 75 MPH, which is
the primary severe weather threat, but hail up to the size of golf
balls and a few tornadoes are not out of the question.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Saturday afternoon through Monday (Memorial Day), periodic
thunderstorm chances return to the forecast. At this time, the
greatest threat for severe thunderstorms over the holiday weekend
will be Saturday evening into Saturday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed this evening/tonight. Spotters
are encouraged to report any severe weather to the National
Weather Service.

&&

More information may be obtained at the following web page:
   https://www.weather.gov/hastings

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 12:52 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 1:03 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 1:05 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 1:06 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 1:08 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 1:11 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Furnas, Gosper	41 min
May 23, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Valley	50 min
May 23, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Phelps	49 min
May 23, 10:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Dawson	48 min
May 23, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper	30 min
May 23, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley	43 min
May 23, 11:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan and 3 more	40 min
May 23, 11:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Greeley, Howard, Merrick, Nance, Sherman, Valley	52 min
May 23, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Franklin, Hall, Hamilton and 8 more	50 min
May 24, 12:08 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney	15 min
May 24, 12:13 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Adams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster	32 min
May 24, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Hamilton, Merrick, Nance, Polk	41 min
May 24, 12:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Adams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hall and 9 more	34 min
May 24, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GID	Clay, Fillmore, Hamilton, Merrick, Nuckolls, Polk and 3 more	48 min
May 24, 12:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell, Osborne, Rooks, Smith	47 min
May 24, 1:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	44 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.