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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Hastings, NE

May 24, 2011Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 8:09 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Jewell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 786 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

432 
WFUS53 KGID 250109
TORGID
KSC089-250145-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0026.110525T0109Z-110525T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
809 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 807 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IONIA...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...
  AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ESBON.

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 9850 3983 9836 3958 9836 3957 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 185DEG 25KT 3965 9840
HAIL 1.50IN

$$
BRYANT
2 follow-up statements
153 
WWUS53 KGID 250124
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
824 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSC089-250145-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110525T0145Z/
JEWELL KS-
824 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL JEWELL COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...

AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR IONIA...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...
MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ESBON.

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 9850 3983 9836 3965 9837 3964 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 164DEG 33KT 3974 9843
HAIL 1.50IN

$$
BRYANT
742 
WWUS53 KGID 250141
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
841 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

KSC089-250151-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110525T0145Z/
JEWELL KS-
841 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL JEWELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
845 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 9850 3983 9836 3965 9837 3964 9850
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 164DEG 33KT 3989 9849

$$
BRYANT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGIDOsborne6 hr
May 24, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMitchell32 min
May 24, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith49 min
May 24, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell25 min
May 24, 8:18 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDOsborne36 hr
May 24, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDSmith16 min
May 24, 8:42 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDMitchell98 min
May 24, 8:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDSmith33 min
May 24, 10:08 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDJewell, Mitchell12 hr
May 25, 1:27 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDJewell43 hr
May 25, 1:37 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDOsborne33 hr
May 25, 2:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDOsborne, Smith48 hr
May 25, 8:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDMitchell41 hr
May 25, 10:16 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell24 hr
May 25, 12:12 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDSmith27 hr

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.