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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 7:43 PM CDT for Mitchell 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 24, 2011, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mitchell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:00 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Glen Elder, KS | FUNNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED IN THE GLEN ELDER AREA. |
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 24, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1979 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -482 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -388 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
556 WFUS53 KGID 250043 TORGID KSC123-250115- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0024.110525T0043Z-110525T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 743 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 739 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 GLEN ELDER...OR 14 MILES WEST OF BELOIT...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLEN ELDER AND CAWKER CITY. 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 3957 9848 3956 9818 3935 9824 3935 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 182DEG 16KT 3942 9835 HAIL 1.00IN $$ BRYANT
3 follow-up statements
228 WWUS53 KGID 250052 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 752 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 KSC123-250115- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/ MITCHELL KS- 752 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLEN ELDER...OR 11 MILES WEST OF BELOIT... MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLEN ELDER AND CAWKER CITY. RESIDENCE IN GLEN ELDER NEED TO SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3957 9848 3956 9818 3935 9824 3935 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0052Z 182DEG 16KT 3946 9831 HAIL 1.00IN $$ BRYANT
821 WWUS53 KGID 250059 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 759 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 KSC123-250115- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/ MITCHELL KS- 759 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 757 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 11 MILES WEST OF BELOIT... MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GLEN ELDER AND CAWKER CITY. RESIDENTS IN GLEN ELDER NEED TO BE IN THEIR SHELTERS NOW. 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 3957 9848 3956 9818 3935 9824 3935 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 182DEG 16KT 3949 9831 HAIL 1.00IN $$ BRYANT
054 WWUS53 KGID 250110 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 810 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 KSC123-250121- /O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110525T0115Z/ MITCHELL KS- 810 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. LAT...LON 3957 9848 3956 9818 3935 9824 3935 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 182DEG 16KT 3954 9831 $$ BRYANT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GID | Osborne | 6 hr |
| May 24, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 49 min |
| May 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 25 min |
| May 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 36 min |
| May 24, 8:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Osborne | 36 hr |
| May 24, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 16 min |
| May 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Mitchell | 98 min |
| May 24, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Smith | 33 min |
| May 24, 10:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 12 hr |
| May 25, 1:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Jewell | 43 hr |
| May 25, 1:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Osborne | 33 hr |
| May 25, 2:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 48 hr |
| May 25, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Mitchell | 41 hr |
| May 25, 10:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 24 hr |
| May 25, 12:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Smith | 27 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.