Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 22, 1999, 9:36 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1999, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1999, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mitchell County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Asherville, KS | |
| May 22, 10:12 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Simpson, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
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 22, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 22, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KGRI 230240 RRA TORGRI KSC123-230330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 936 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN... MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 936 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 48 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCORDIA...OR 2 MILES WEST OF TIPTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... TIPTON AT 942 PM A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 3 MILES EAST OF THE TOWN OF OSBORNE. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. $$ LAT...LON 3957 9848 3921 9850 3922 9794 3955 9794
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 22, 2:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 2:35 PM CDT, 7 hours 1 minute before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 235 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999 ...STRONG CONVECTION THIS EVENING...THEN FAIR WX UNTIL AT LEAST WED... FORECAST APPEARS QUITE STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH THE MAIN CHALLENGES THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE TONIGHT AND END OF PRECIPITATION. SEVERE THREAT DEFINED WELL WITH CAPES GREATER THAN 2000 IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FIELD EAST OF FRONT DEPICTED ON ETA AND WITH SHARP MODIFIED LBF MORNING SOUNDING. EXPECT WATCHES ALONG ENTIRE LENGTH OF FRONT ACROSS NEBRASKA AND KANSAS WITH MORE UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER KANSAS. COLD FRONT WAS JUST EAST OF A MHE-ANW-OGA LINE WITH 18Z PRESSURE RISES OF 2 MB AT RAP AND GCC. ONLY MINOR DIFFERENCES NOTICED IN MODELS WITH NW FLOW H5 S/W DRIVING FRONT NW-SE ACRS CWA. PREFER NGM/S SLIGHTLY STRONGER WIND FIELD ESPECIALLY IN FRONTS WAKE. FRONT SHOULD CROSS GRI & HSI JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND SWEEP THROUGH KANSAS CWA BEFORE DAWN. WILL END TSTMS ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER FRONT. SURFACE HIGH IN FRONT/S WAKE AND SMOOTH NW UPPER FLOW SHOULD KEEP FAIR WEATHER SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MOST EXTENDED MODELS DAMPEN SW UPPER LOW AND SLIDE IT EAST INTO CENTRAL U.S. WED-THU. THAT FEATURE MAY PRODUCE THE NEXT ROUND OF CONVECTION. .GID...NONE. SCHURR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 7:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NEZ046>049-060>064-230130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 733 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999 ...PART OF TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 308 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR PEOPLE IN: ...HAMILTON...HOWARD...BUFFALO...HALL...SHERMAN...POLK...DAWSON... YORK AND MERRICK COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...AND THEY NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO THE PEOPLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE. STORMS CONTINUE STRONG SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE...AND THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THERE. SCHURR
Special weather statement, May 22, 7:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
NEZ046>049-060>064-230130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 733 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999 ...PART OF TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 308 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR PEOPLE IN: ...HAMILTON...HOWARD...BUFFALO...HALL...SHERMAN...POLK...DAWSON... YORK AND MERRICK COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...AND THEY NO LONGER POSE A THREAT TO THE PEOPLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE. STORMS CONTINUE STRONG SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE...AND THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THERE. SCHURR
Special weather statement, May 22, 8:47 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
NEZ072>077-082>084-230245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 847 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999 ...PART OF TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 308 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR PEOPLE IN: ...FRANKLIN...GOSPER...PHELPS...FILLMORE...FURNAS...CLAY...KEARNEY... HARLAN AND ADAMS COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST TO THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BORDER...NO LONGER POSE A THREAT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CLEARED AREA. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 O/CLOCK FOR WEBSTER...NUCKOLLS AND THAYER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AND FOR A GOOD PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SCHURR
Special weather statement, May 22, 8:47 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
NEZ072>077-082>084-230245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 847 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999 ...PART OF TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 308 HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR PEOPLE IN: ...FRANKLIN...GOSPER...PHELPS...FILLMORE...FURNAS...CLAY...KEARNEY... HARLAN AND ADAMS COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST TO THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BORDER...NO LONGER POSE A THREAT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CLEARED AREA. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 O/CLOCK FOR WEBSTER...NUCKOLLS AND THAYER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AND FOR A GOOD PART OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SCHURR
Special weather statement, May 22, 9:07 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ005-NEZ085>087-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 907 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999 ...PART OF TORNADO WATCH 308 CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR PEOPLE IN: ...NUCKOLLS...WEBSTER AND THAYER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...AND IN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED SOUTH OF THOSE COUNTIES...AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA. TORNADO WATCH 308 THAT INCLUDED SMITH...JEWELL...ROOKS...OSBORNE AND MITCHELL COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WAS CONVERTED TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 313 AND IT IS POSTED UNTIL 3 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. SCHURR
Special weather statement, May 22, 9:07 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
KSZ005-NEZ085>087-230300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 907 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 1999 ...PART OF TORNADO WATCH 308 CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR PEOPLE IN: ...NUCKOLLS...WEBSTER AND THAYER COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ...AND IN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED SOUTH OF THOSE COUNTIES...AND NO LONGER POSE A THREAT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA. TORNADO WATCH 308 THAT INCLUDED SMITH...JEWELL...ROOKS...OSBORNE AND MITCHELL COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WAS CONVERTED TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 313 AND IT IS POSTED UNTIL 3 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. SCHURR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 66 min |
| May 22, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 56 min |
| May 22, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 53 min |
| May 22, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 32 min |
| May 22, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 35 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.