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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2007, 11:13 PM CDT for Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
- May 4, 2007, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2007, 11:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 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), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | Phillipsburg, KS | TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN WITHIN CITY LIMITS. TREE DAMAGE...DOORS OFF BUILDINGS AND ROOF DAMAGE REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. |
| May 4, 11:42 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 Ne Phillipsburg, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1008 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGID 050413 TORGID KSC147-183-050500- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0009.070505T0413Z-070505T0500Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1113 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PHILLIPSBURG. WESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 1109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR AGRA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... AGRA BY 1120 PM CDT CEDAR BY 1125 PM CDT KENSINGTON BY 1130 PM CDT 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 3976 9936 3965 9926 3965 9894 3997 9900 $$ AWJ
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGID 050424 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1124 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 KSC147-183-050500- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070505T0500Z/ PHILLIPS KS-SMITH KS- 1124 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR WESTERN SMITH AND EAST CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTIES... AT 1122 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AGRA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY AT 1140 PM CDT WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. AT 1104 PM NEAR GLADE...A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC. LAT...LON 3976 9936 3965 9926 3965 9894 3997 9900 $$ AWJ
000 WWUS53 KGID 050440 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1140 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 KSC147-183-050450- /O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070505T0500Z/ PHILLIPS KS-SMITH KS- 1140 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN SMITH AND EAST CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTH INTO NORTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY...AND NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO EAST CENTRAL PHILLIPS AND WESTERN SMITH. LAT...LON 3976 9936 3965 9926 3965 9894 3997 9900 $$ AWJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 50 min |
| May 4, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 23 min |
| May 4, 7:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 34 min |
| May 4, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 49 min |
| May 4, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 39 min |
| May 4, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 46 min |
| May 4, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 60 min |
| May 4, 9:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 42 min |
| May 4, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 66 min |
| May 4, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 47 min |
| May 4, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 42 min |
| May 4, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 20 min |
| May 4, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 61 min |
| May 4, 11:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 30 min |
| May 4, 11:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 25 min |
| May 5, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 36 min |
| May 5, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 57 min |
| May 5, 1:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 17 hr |
| May 5, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 38 min |
| May 5, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 61 min |
| May 5, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 31 min |
| May 5, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 37 min |
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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.