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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Hastings, NE

May 8, 2001Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT for Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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 8, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2001, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 7:15 PM CDTTornado F0Randall, KSTornado exited Jewell County and entered Mitchell County
May 8, 7:17 PM CDTTornado F0Scottsville, KSTornado entered Mitchell County from Jewell County

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 nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 231 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2001-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2001-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KGID 090001
TORGRI

KSC089-123-090030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
700 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
  SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 658 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER      
  SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF            
  RANDALL...OR ABOUT 23 MILES WEST OF CONCORDIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST   
  AT 15 MPH.

* TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SCOTTSVILLE AT 725 PM CDT

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED.
PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTIES
SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.

NEVER TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF IN A VEHICLE...LEAVE IT IMMEDIATELY
AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE
FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

$$

KD

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LAT...LON 3976 9808 3964 9826 3934 9795 3954 9792

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMitchell46 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.