Severe weather outbreak - May 29-31

[CrazyC83]

This is bad. A city of 30,000 just took a direct hit.

[RL3AO]

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
530 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0525 PM TORNADO KEARNEY 40.70N 99.08W
05/29/2008 BUFFALO NE STORM CHASER

POWER FLASHES IN THE CITY OF KEARNEY

[KWT]

Well that sounds bad I just hope its not a strong tornado otherwise there is going to be some pretty severe damage if it is.

[RL3AO]

Might not be done. There is another area of rotation to the west of Kearney.

[CrazyC83]

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
535 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

NEC019-047-099-137-292315-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080529T2315Z/
BUFFALO NE-DAWSON NE-KEARNEY NE-PHELPS NE-
535 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PHELPS...NORTHWESTERN KEARNEY...SOUTHEASTERN DAWSON AND
BUFFALO COUNTIES...

TWO TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT THE KEARNEY AREA
THROUGH 615 PM. YOU SHOULD REMAIN IN YOUR TORNADO SHELTER.

LAT...LON 4102 9888 4064 9877 4053 9945 4082 9949
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 261DEG 43KT 4065 9913

$$

[Bunkertor]

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another OT
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Who´s gonna guide me to remove GRLevel3 out of the registry ?

[RL3AO]

Another tornado.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
539 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0536 PM TORNADO 5 SW KEARNEY 40.65N 99.15W
05/29/2008 KEARNEY NE LAW ENFORCEMENT

TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
20TH AND VICTOR ROAD BY THE NEBRASKA STATE PATROL.

[CrazyC83]

Warm front threat:

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1084
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0543 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...SRN MN...ERN IA

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY

VALID 292243Z - 300045Z

POTENTIAL EXISTS NEXT SEVERAL HOURS FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH
HAIL THE MAIN THREAT.

ELEVATED CAPE AROUND 300 J/KG IS FORECAST TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY TO
AROUND 500 J/KG NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WELL AHEAD OF MAIN UPPER SUPPORT.
DUE TO ELEVATED NATURE OF CONVECTION...SOME STORMS MAY BRIEFLY
PRODUCE SOME HAIL...HOWEVER...A WATCH IS UNLIKELY.

..BOTHWELL.. 05/29/2008


ATTN...WFO...DVN...ARX...MPX...DMX...FGF...ABR...

43849359 44649533 45499655 45849670 46089668 46489662
45679425 45139327 43989212 43219147 42729119 41839078
41469153

[tidesong]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 387
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
525 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 525 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY IOWA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 384...WW 385...WW 386...

DISCUSSION...VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
SUGGEST THAT THE WARM FRONT IS LIFTING SLOWLY N OF THE MO RIVER FROM
NEB INTO SD. CONVECTIVE INITIATION WILL BECOME MORE PROBABLE IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS SE SD AS THE LOW LEVELS
WARM/MOISTEN...WHILE VERTICAL SHEAR IS ALREADY FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
SURFACE-BASED SUPERCELLS ALONG THE WARM FRONT...ALONG WITH LARGE
HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH LATE EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.


...THOMPSON

[CrazyC83]

Two fairly large communities ahead for the cell: Hastings and Grand Island

[CrazyC83]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 387
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
525 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 525 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND
GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 70 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF
YANKTON SOUTH DAKOTA TO 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX CITY IOWA.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 384...WW 385...WW 386...

DISCUSSION...VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS
SUGGEST THAT THE WARM FRONT IS LIFTING SLOWLY N OF THE MO RIVER FROM
NEB INTO SD. CONVECTIVE INITIATION WILL BECOME MORE PROBABLE IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS SE SD AS THE LOW LEVELS
WARM/MOISTEN...WHILE VERTICAL SHEAR IS ALREADY FAVORABLE FOR
SUPERCELLS. A COUPLE OF TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
SURFACE-BASED SUPERCELLS ALONG THE WARM FRONT...ALONG WITH LARGE
HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH LATE EVENING.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE
WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO
500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.


...THOMPSON

A waste of a watch IMO. Being so small and short, I would have just added those counties to the existing PDS watch.

[CrazyC83]

BREAKING NEWS - Major damage in Kearney:

NEC019-300145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE
BUFFALO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
543 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
BUFFALO COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWNS BY TORNADOES IN THE
CITY OF KEARNEY. THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY IS REQUESTING
THAT THOSE IN THE CITY REMAIN AT HOME IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. DUE TO
THE DAMAGE IN PARTS OF TOWN...ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED THIS EVENING.

$$

KISNER

[CrazyC83]

For cell #2:

TORNADO WARNING
NEC001-019-079-099-292330-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0024.080529T2244Z-080529T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
544 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
EASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KEARNEY.
WESTERN HALL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NORTHERN KEARNEY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A TORNADO NEAR GIBBON...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF KEARNEY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 44 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SHELTON...PROSSER...WOOD RIVER AND CAIRO

THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND DAMAGING TORNADO SITUATION FOR THE
GIBBON...SHELTON...AND KEARNEY AREAS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 269 AND 304.

LAT...LON 4103 9855 4066 9848 4055 9915 4092 9920
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 246DEG 38KT 4078 9887

$$

[CrazyC83]

http://www.tornadovideos.net/index.cfm/do/s.LiveTracker Live cameras from 5 storm chasers (2 are working for me)

[CrazyC83]

Another watch coming, surely PDS:


MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1085
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0555 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...MUCH OF CENTRAL/ERN NEB...NRN KS...SWRN IA

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 386...

VALID 292255Z - 292330Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 386 CONTINUES.

NEW TORNADO WATCH WILL BE NEEDED TO THE EAST OF WW 386...ACROSS THE
REST OF ERN NEB INTO PARTS OF SWRN IA/NERN KS.

AREA WSR-88D VWPS AND WIND PROFILERS INDICATED 60 KT SWLY MID LEVEL
JET...ACCOMPANYING SHORT WAVE TROUGH CURRENTLY MOVING ENEWD THROUGH
THE DAKOTAS...HAS SPREAD INTO CENTRAL/ERN NEB AND FAR NRN KS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS JET COMBINED WITH FURTHER STRENGTHENING OF
SSWLY LLJ UP TO 50-60 KT EXTENDING INTO ERN NEB/SWRN IA THIS EVENING
WILL CONTINUE TO FAVOR A KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT VERY FAVORABLE FOR
LONG-LIVED SUPERCELLS WITH ATTENDANT TORNADOES. THIS TORNADO THREAT
HAS ALREADY BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE OBSERVED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
NEB AND OVER NWRN INTO NORTH CENTRAL KS...GIVEN REGIONAL RADAR
INDICATION OF LONG-LIVED TORNADIC SUPERCELLS. INFLUX OF
MOIST/MODERATE INSTABILITY WITH THE LLJ WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE
TORNADO THREAT.

SHORT TERM MODELS SUGGEST STORM MODE SHOULD REMAIN DISCRETE/
SUPERCELLULAR THROUGH 02-03Z...PRIOR TO A TRANSITION INTO AN
EVENTUAL LINEAR MODE ACROSS IA LATER THIS EVENING.

..PETERS.. 05/29/2008


ATTN...WFO...DMX...EAX...FSD...OAX...TOP...ICT...GID...LBF...DDC...UNR...GLD...

42299667 42199586 41799518 41079498 40679505 40559568
40079537 39639552 39169561 38829571 38639608 38599772
38630129 41660067 43000031 42809716

[KWT]

Oh dear that tornado damage doesn't sound at all good I sure hope there are no deaths from that tornado...

[Bunkertor]

Two fairly large communities ahead for the cell: Hastings and Grand Island

Remora is in the middle of the storm with his cam...

[wbug1]

That TVS (the TVS that just passed Kearney) is the biggest I've seen since I started being able to recognize them about 1 year ago.

[CrazyC83]

Grand Island now under the gun.

[brunota2003]

http://www.tornadovideos.net/index.cfm/do/s.LiveTracker Live cameras from 5 storm chasers (2 are working for me)

I got Streams 1 and 4 up, 1 is working fine...4 is really jumpy.