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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Hastings, NE
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.
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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
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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 25 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 |
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.