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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Hastings, NE

May 24, 2011Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 8:34 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 8:50 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 8:55 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 S Lebanon, KS	SHERIFF REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT LEBANON JUNCTION

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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 227 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

297 
WFUS53 KGID 250134
TORGID
KSC183-250200-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0027.110525T0134Z-110525T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 830 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 ESBON...OR 27 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  BELOIT...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEBANON AND BELLAIRE.

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 3979 9874 3993 9857 3985 9850 3965 9850
      3965 9851
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 126DEG 13KT 3974 9850
HAIL 1.00IN

$$
BRYANT

2 follow-up statements

276 
WWUS53 KGID 250144
SVSGID

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

KSC183-250200-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110525T0200Z/
SMITH KS-
844 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEBANON...OR 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEBANON AND BELLAIRE.

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 3979 9874 3993 9857 3985 9850 3965 9850
      3965 9851
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 126DEG 13KT 3976 9854
HAIL 1.00IN

$$
BRYANT

392 
WWUS53 KGID 250150
SVSGID

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

KSC183-250200-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110525T0200Z/
SMITH KS-
850 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SMITH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3979 9874 3993 9857 3985 9850 3965 9850
      3965 9851
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 126DEG 13KT 3977 9856

$$
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, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell	36 min
May 24, 8:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	GID	Osborne	36 hr
May 24, 8:42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.