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Tornado Warning 71, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 7, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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 23:33 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 6:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 W Cedar, KS | |
| Jul 7, 6:32 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 W Cedar, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGID 072330 TORGID KSC183-080015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 630 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 715 PM CDT * AT 628 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF CEDAR...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CEDAR AROUND 645 PM CDT... SMITH CENTER AROUND 650 PM CDT... BELLAIRE AROUND 700 PM CDT... GAYLORD AROUND 705 PM CDT... HARLAN AROUND 715 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3999 9905 3957 9905 3958 9851 3999 9851 $$ NELSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 4:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Jewell | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne | 62 min |
| Jul 7, 4:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 68 min |
| Jul 7, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 5:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Osborne | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 59 min |
| Jul 7, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 56 min |
| Jul 7, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 41 min |
| Jul 7, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.