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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

June 19, 2010Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2010, 7:13 PM CDT for Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
Jun 19, 2010, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 8:07 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Beloit, KS50 MPH WINDS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2010-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2024 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2010-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2024 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
15.9

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The text

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

432 
WFUS53 KGID 200013
TORGID
KSC089-123-200100-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0021.100620T0013Z-100620T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
713 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 708 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLEN ELDER...OR 14 MILES WEST OF BELOIT...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

  IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELOIT...JEWELL...RANDALL AND SCOTTSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN HASTINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3943 9844 3967 9845 3972 9793 3942 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 256DEG 24KT 3955 9831

$$
WESELY
3 follow-up statements
517 
WWUS53 KGID 200028
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
728 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010

KSC089-123-200100-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100620T0100Z/
JEWELL KS-MITCHELL KS-
728 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MITCHELL AND
SOUTHERN JEWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLEN ELDER...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY AND SOUTHERN JEWELL 
COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3943 9844 3967 9845 3972 9793 3942 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 262DEG 21KT 3954 9822

$$
WESELY
488 
WWUS53 KGID 200038
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
738 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010

KSC089-123-200100-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100620T0100Z/
JEWELL KS-MITCHELL KS-
738 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MITCHELL AND
SOUTHERN JEWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF JEWELL...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BELOIT...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

IN ADDITION...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTTSVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3943 9844 3967 9845 3972 9793 3942 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 255DEG 20KT 3957 9816

$$
WESELY
328 
WWUS53 KGID 200057
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
757 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010

KSC089-123-200106-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100620T0100Z/
JEWELL KS-MITCHELL KS-
757 PM CDT SAT JUN 19 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHERN JEWELL
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE AREA.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM.

LAT...LON 3943 9844 3967 9845 3972 9793 3942 9792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 255DEG 20KT 3960 9803

$$
WESELY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDOsborne, Rooks, Smith34 min
Jun 19, 7:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith6 hr
Jun 19, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne24 min
Jun 19, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith43 min
Jun 19, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks42 min
Jun 19, 7:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith6 hr
Jun 19, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDOsborne18 min
Jun 19, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith28 min
Jun 19, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell50 min
Jun 19, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith36 min
Jun 19, 8:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks6 hr
Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell48 min
Jun 19, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks47 min
Jun 19, 9:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDRooks19 hr
Jun 19, 9:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDMitchell37 hr
Jun 19, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Smith43 min
Jun 19, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks51 min
Jun 19, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell32 min
Jun 19, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne49 min
Jun 19, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell34 min
Jun 19, 10:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks28 min
Jun 19, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Smith50 min
Jun 19, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell37 min
Jun 19, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne44 min
Jun 19, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell31 min
Jun 20, 12:07 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith12 hr
Jun 20, 1:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDOsborne, Smith56 hr
Jun 20, 8:41 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDOsborne63 hr
Jun 20, 10:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith21 hr
Jun 20, 12:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith12 hr
Jun 20, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips28 min
Jun 20, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks52 min
Jun 20, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips36 min
Jun 20, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Smith44 min
Jun 20, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks48 min
Jun 20, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Smith39 min
Jun 20, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks37 min
Jun 20, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Rooks41 min
Jun 20, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks33 min
Jun 20, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Smith63 min
Jun 20, 6:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Rooks49 min
Jun 20, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell46 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.