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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Hastings, NE

May 22, 2002Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2002, 7:01 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 22, 2002, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2002, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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
May 22, 7:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 61 E	Claudell, 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	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 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 230001
TORGRI
KSC183-230045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
700 PM CDT WED MAY 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 659 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO JUST WEST OF
  GAYLORD...OR ABOUT 26 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  
  SMITH CENTER AT 715 PM CDT
  LEBANON AT 745 PM CDT

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED.
PEOPLE IN SMITH COUNTY 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 3999 9906 3958 9905 3958 9852 3998 9852

&

NNNN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	61 min
May 22, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	38 min
May 22, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	49 min
May 22, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	55 min
May 22, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	48 min
May 22, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	45 min
May 22, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	44 min
May 22, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	55 min
May 22, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	58 min
May 22, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	64 min
May 22, 10:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	66 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.