Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 1999, 12:59 AM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 1, 1999, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1999, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Whole counties
County Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:13 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lebanon, KS | |
| Jun 1, 1:35 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Kensington, 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 31, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -317 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KGRI 010600 RRA TORGRI KSC183-010630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1259 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR PEOPLE IN... SOUTHERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 130 AM CDT * AT 1259 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...OR 2 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GAYLORD AT 105 AM TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET UNDER A STURDY PIECE OF FURNITURE AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH A BLANKET OR PILLOW. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. $$ LAT...LON 3971 9905 3958 9904 3958 9852 3989 9853 DDN
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 31, 2:05 PM CDT, 10 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:05 PM CDT, 10 hours 54 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 205 PM CDT MON MAY 31 1999 ...FOCUS WILL BE ON HEAVY RAINS W/ TSRA COMPLEX TONIGHT W/ SVR WX PSBL NC KS THIS EVENING... UAA THIS AM SHOWED IMPRESSIVE DIFFLUENT FLOW AT H3 W/ 80 KT JET RIDING THIS WAY IN SW FLOW. SRN SHORTWAVE PULLING INTO AREA ATT BRINGING MORE MID/UPPER LVL MOISTURE INTO AREA & IMPRESSIVE NRN WAVE EVIDENT ON WV AND ANALYSIS COMING THRU WY/CO BEHIND 1ST ONE. ADD TO THIS SUFFICIENT LVL MOISTURE AND RATHER STRONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST SOUTH OF AREA AND YOU GET ALOT OF RAIN TONITE. MDLS ARE IN AGREEMENT W/ THIS...JUST VARY SOMEWHAT ON N/S POSITION. FRONT IN CNTRL KS WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTH AS LEE CYCLOGENESIS GETS UNDERWAY. LOW STRATUS DECK IS THINNING RAPIDLY IN MANY AREAS THIS AM. THIS IS MOST DISCONCERTING IN NC KS WHERE FRONT WILL LIKELY SIT THIS EVENING AND SFC DPWTS WILL REBOUND INTO THE MID 60S. IF CLEARING DOES CONT ALL DAY...INSTABILITY COUPLED W/ INCREASING SHEAR WOULD MAKE THE ATMOSPHERE RIPE FOR SUPERCELLS. BIGGEST QUESTION WILL BE HOW MUCH CU FIELD FILLS IN TO CLEARING AREAS AFTER SOME HEATING HAS TAKEN PLACE. AFTER THAT...CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL DEVELOP TO OUR WEST AS UPPER SYS MOVES OUT OF ROCKIES. WILL HIT SRN AREAS HARD FOR HEAVY RAIN AND KEEP OCNL STORMS IN FCST...TAPERED TO LIKELY NORTH W/ NO HEAVY RAIN MNTN. WILL ALSO KEEP CHC POPS IN FOR LEFTOVER ACTIVITY IN AM. WX TO QUIET DOWN BEHIND THIS SYS TEMPORARLY BEFORE FRONT LIFTS BACK INTO AREA & MORE WAVES LIFT NE THRU AREA IN THE EXTENDED. TEMPS IN THE LOWER 50S NW TO ABOUT 60 SE TONITE...GENERALLY 70S TOMR ...50S TOMR NIGHT...AND A GOOD REBOUND INTO THE 80S WED WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT GUIDANCE SUGGESTS. IN ADDITION TO TSRA CHCS...EXTENDED LOOKS TO BE WARM WITH LOWS FROM THE 50S N TO 60S S...AND HIGHS FROM ABOUT 80 N TO SOLID 80S S. .GID...NONE. GURNEY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 12:22 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1222 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1221 AM 9N DAMAR KS 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 ROOKS
1224 AM LOGAN KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PHILLIPS
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 1, 12:28 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1228 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1221 AM 9N DAMAR KS 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 ROOKS
1224 AM LOGAN KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PHILLIPS
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 1, 12:28 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1228 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1221 AM 9N DAMAR KS 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 ROOKS
1224 AM LOGAN KS 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PHILLIPS
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 1, 12:38 AM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1238 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1227 AM WEBSTER LAKE KS 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 ROOKS
1228 AM 3W STOCKTON KS 60 MPH WIND GUST
06/01/99 ROOKS
1228 AM PALCO KS 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 ROOKS
1230 AM LOGAN KS 68 MPH WIND GUST
06/01/99 PHILLIPS
1234 AM LOGAN KS 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PHILLIPS 70 MPH WIND
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 1, 12:51 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1251 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1246 AM0 PHILLIPSBURG KS 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PHILLIPS ESTIMATED 50+ MPH WINDS
ALSO
ENDLocal storm report, Jun 1, 12:51 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1251 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 1999
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1246 AM0 PHILLIPSBURG KS 0.75 INCH HAIL
06/01/99 PHILLIPS ESTIMATED 50+ MPH WINDS
ALSO
ENDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 60 min |
| May 31, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 54 min |
| Jun 1, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.