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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Hastings, NE

June 12, 2002Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2002, 1:16 PM CDT for Phillips County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2002, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2002, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2002-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2002-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 121816
TORGRI
KSC147-163-121900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
116 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
   PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS   
   ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 112 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  SPEED...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  KIRWIN AT 130 PM CDT

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

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 3968 9947 3946 9947 3947 9906 3966 9909

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell30 min
Jun 12, 6:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell52 min
Jun 12, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDRooks45 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2002Every tornado warning in 2002Tornadoes in 2002

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.