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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2011, 4:14 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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 19, 2011, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2011, 4:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Osborne County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:25 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 9 Ese Natoma, KS | |
| May 19, 4:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 14 E Natoma, KS | DELAYED REPORT FROM EARLIER. TIME APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 19, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 1795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 324 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
802 WFUS53 KGID 192114 TORGID KSC141-192215- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0020.110519T2114Z-110519T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 414 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LURAY...OR 51 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELOIT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL OSBORNE 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 3938 9887 3939 9849 3914 9850 3914 9896 TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 196DEG 28KT 3906 9888 HAIL 1.75IN $$ WESELY
4 follow-up statements
186 WWUS53 KGID 192122 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 422 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC141-192215- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110519T2215Z/ OSBORNE KS- 422 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN OSBORNE COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF LURAY...OR 49 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL OSBORNE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. && LAT...LON 3938 9887 3939 9849 3914 9850 3914 9896 TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 198DEG 28KT 3910 9885 HAIL 1.75IN $$ WESELY
528 WWUS53 KGID 192137 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 437 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC141-192215- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110519T2215Z/ OSBORNE KS- 437 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LURAY...OR 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL OSBORNE 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 3938 9882 3939 9849 3914 9850 3914 9896 TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 213DEG 28KT 3920 9875 HAIL 1.75IN $$ WESELY
923 WWUS53 KGID 192152 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 452 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC141-192215- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110519T2215Z/ OSBORNE KS- 452 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT... AT 448 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF OSBORNE...OR 36 MILES WEST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL OSBORNE COUNTY SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF OSBORNE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3938 9882 3939 9849 3914 9850 3914 9896 TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 200DEG 27KT 3931 9874 HAIL 1.00IN $$ WESELY
381 WWUS53 KGID 192157 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 457 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 KSC141-192207- /O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110519T2215Z/ OSBORNE KS- 457 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3938 9882 3939 9849 3914 9850 3914 9896 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 200DEG 27KT 3935 9872 $$ WESELY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 33 min |
| May 19, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 23 min |
| May 19, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 25 min |
| May 19, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 31 min |
| May 19, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 34 min |
| May 19, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 31 min |
| May 19, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 26 min |
| May 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 22 min |
| May 19, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 27 min |
| May 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 29 min |
| May 19, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 28 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.