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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2011, 5:54 PM CDT for Osborne County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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 21, 2011, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2011, 6:14 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osborne County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 21, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 654 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1381 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
101 WFUS53 KGID 212254 TORGID KSC141-183-212330- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0023.110521T2254Z-110521T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 554 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GAYLORD...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARLAN. 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 3963 9875 3950 9880 3957 9896 3964 9893 TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 283DEG 15KT 3960 9888 HAIL 1.50IN $$
2 follow-up statements
087 WWUS53 KGID 212302 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 602 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011 KSC141-183-212330- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110521T2330Z/ SMITH KS-OSBORNE KS- 602 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL OSBORNE AND SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT... AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GAYLORD...OR 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HARLAN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3963 9875 3950 9880 3957 9896 3964 9893 TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 283DEG 15KT 3958 9884 HAIL 1.50IN $$
640 WWUS53 KGID 212314 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 614 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011 KSC141-183-212324- /O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110521T2330Z/ SMITH KS-OSBORNE KS- 614 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL OSBORNE AND SOUTH CENTRAL SMITH COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN JEWELL...NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL...NORTHEASTERN OSBORNE...AND SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3963 9875 3950 9880 3957 9896 3964 9893 TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 283DEG 15KT 3957 9878 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 10:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Jewell | 9 hr |
| May 21, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Phillips | 27 min |
| May 21, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 33 min |
| May 21, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 35 min |
| May 21, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 46 min |
| May 21, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 49 min |
| May 21, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 35 min |
Nearby
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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.