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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Hastings, NE

May 24, 2011Smith County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 8:57 PM CDT for Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Smith County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 214 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.

766 
WFUS53 KGID 250157
TORGID
KSC183-250230-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0028.110525T0157Z-110525T0230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 853 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR 
LEBANON...OR 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT 
ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS DANGEROUS STORM MOVING NORTHWEST 
AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  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 3984 9885 3999 9873 3984 9851 3973 9859
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 126DEG 13KT 3979 9860
HAIL 0.75IN

$$
BRYANT

1 follow-up statement

269 
WWUS53 KGID 250222
SVSGID

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

KSC183-250232-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110525T0230Z/
SMITH KS-
922 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 PM CDT...

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 3984 9885 3999 9873 3984 9851 3973 9859
TIME...MOT...LOC 0222Z 126DEG 13KT 3984 9870

$$
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, 8:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Smith	16 min
May 24, 8:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Mitchell	98 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.