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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Hastings, NE

April 29, 2003Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2003, 8:20 PM CDT for Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 29, 2003, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Phillips County, KS, Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 29, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2003-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

853 
WFUS53 KGID 300120
TORGID
KSC147-183-300200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
820 PM CDT TUE APR 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 818 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES NORTH OF KENSINGTON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN SMITH COUNTY AT 830 PM CDT
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY AT 840 PM CDT
  RURAL NORTHERN SMITH COUNTY AT 900 PM CDT

PEOPLE IN PHILLIPS AND NORTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR.

TORNADOES AT NIGHT ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO TAKE APPROPRIATE
ACTION. SEEK SHELTER NOW.

LAT...LON 3956 9962 4000 9963 3999 9877 3974 9907
          3956 9907
$$
NNNN
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.