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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

May 19, 2011Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 19, 2011, 6:47 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2011, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2011, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -348 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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The text

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

564 
WFUS53 KGID 192347
TORGID
KSC123-200015-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0021.110519T2347Z-110520T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
647 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 644 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF BARNARD...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF
  BELOIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ASHERVILLE AND SIMPSON.

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 3932 9819 3945 9793 3922 9794 3922 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 236DEG 24KT 3929 9807
HAIL 0.75IN

$$
WESELY

2 follow-up statements

155 
WWUS53 KGID 192359
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
659 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSC123-200015-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110520T0015Z/
MITCHELL KS-
659 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL
COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 654 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF SIMPSON...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ASHERVILLE AND SIMPSON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3932 9819 3945 9793 3922 9794 3922 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 240DEG 28KT 3932 9794
HAIL <.75IN

$$
WESELY

379 
WWUS53 KGID 200006
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
706 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

KSC123-200016-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110520T0015Z/
MITCHELL KS-
706 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 715 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3932 9819 3945 9793 3922 9794 3922 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 240DEG 28KT 3933 9786

$$
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, 4:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Osborne	43 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.