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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2008, 11:13 PM CDT for Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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, 2008, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2008, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Phillips County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 11:22 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 10 E 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 22, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| May 22, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 336 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 418 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGID 230413 TORGID KSC147-183-230445- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0013.080523T0413Z-080523T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1113 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR KIRWIN...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 52 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... AGRA...CEDAR AND GAYLORD BY 1120 PM CDT KENSINGTON BY 1125 PM CDT ATHOL BY 1130 PM CDT SMITH CENTER BY 1135 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 3995 9902 3996 9859 3956 9889 3956 9926 TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 211DEG 45KT 3963 9910 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGID 230424 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1124 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 KSC147-183-230445- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080523T0445Z/ PHILLIPS KS-SMITH KS- 1124 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR WESTERN SMITH AND SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES... AT 1119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KIRWIN...OR 14 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 52 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ATHOL BY 1130 PM CDT SMITH CENTER BY 1135 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3995 9902 3996 9859 3956 9889 3956 9926 TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 211DEG 45KT 3975 9902 $$
000 WWUS53 KGID 230436 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1137 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 KSC147-183-230445- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080523T0445Z/ PHILLIPS KS-SMITH KS- 1137 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR WESTERN SMITH AND SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTIES... AT 1133 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ATHOL...OR 22 MILES EAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 52 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 3995 9902 3996 9859 3956 9889 3956 9926 TIME...MOT...LOC 0437Z 211DEG 45KT 3975 9888 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 48 min |
| May 22, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 51 min |
| May 22, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 47 min |
| May 22, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 44 min |
| May 22, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 44 min |
| May 22, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 47 min |
| May 22, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 29 min |
| May 22, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Rooks | 30 min |
| May 22, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 52 min |
| May 22, 9:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Phillips | 4 hr |
| May 22, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 29 min |
| May 22, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 35 min |
| May 22, 10:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 33 min |
| May 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Smith | 4 hr |
| May 22, 11:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Rooks | 4 hr |
| May 22, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 29 min |
| May 23, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 23 min |
| May 23, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 37 min |
| May 23, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Smith | 6 hr |
| May 23, 12:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 6 hr |
| May 23, 1:01 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Phillips | 7 hr |
| May 23, 3:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Rooks | 14 hr |
| May 23, 4:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 24 hr |
| May 23, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks | 25 min |
| May 23, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 44 min |
| May 23, 6:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 6 hr |
| May 23, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 27 min |
| May 23, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 4 hr |
| May 23, 10:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Osborne, Smith | 46 min |
| May 23, 12:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 57 hr |
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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.