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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 8:05 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 24, 2011, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jewell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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 24, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
862 WFUS53 KGID 250105 TORGID KSC089-250130- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0025.110525T0105Z-110525T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 805 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 802 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR GLEN ELDER...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IONIA...JEWELL AND MANKATO. 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 3983 9838 3981 9810 3957 9818 3957 9837 TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 185DEG 25KT 3956 9828 HAIL 1.50IN $$ BRYANT
2 follow-up statements
840 WWUS53 KGID 250114 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 814 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 KSC089-250130- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110525T0130Z/ JEWELL KS- 814 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JEWELL COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IONIA...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IONIA...JEWELL AND MANKATO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3983 9838 3981 9810 3957 9818 3957 9837 TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 185DEG 25KT 3962 9827 HAIL 1.50IN $$ BRYANT
326 WWUS53 KGID 250125 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 825 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 KSC089-250135- /O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110525T0130Z/ JEWELL KS- 825 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JEWELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830 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 3983 9838 3981 9810 3957 9818 3957 9837 TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 185DEG 25KT 3970 9826 $$ 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, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 32 min |
| May 24, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.