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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Hastings, NE

June 1, 2011Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 6:42 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 1, 2011, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Osborne County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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
Jun 1, 7:38 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 N Natoma, KS	NICKEL TO QUARTER HAIL, HEAVY RAIN

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
Jun 1, 4:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 1745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

687 
WFUS53 KGID 012342
TORGID
KSC141-020030-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0040.110601T2342Z-110602T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
642 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALTON...OR 36 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OSBORNE.

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 3918 9905 3947 9905 3948 9904 3947 9849
      3918 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 270DEG 19KT 3938 9884
HAIL <.75IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

083 
WWUS53 KGID 020007
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
707 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

KSC141-020030-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110602T0030Z/
OSBORNE KS-
707 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OSBORNE COUNTY
UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF LURAY...OR 36 MILES WEST OF
BELOIT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY.

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 3918 9891 3948 9892 3947 9849 3918 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 270DEG 19KT 3927 9868
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

647 
WWUS53 KGID 020029
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
729 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

KSC141-020039-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110602T0030Z/
OSBORNE KS-
729 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL OSBORNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730
PM CDT...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3918 9891 3948 9892 3947 9849 3918 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 270DEG 19KT 3927 9853

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	40 min
Jun 1, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	52 min
Jun 1, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	46 min
Jun 1, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell, Osborne	52 min
Jun 1, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	52 min
Jun 1, 5:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	26 min
Jun 1, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips	32 min
Jun 1, 6:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Phillips, Rooks	4 hr
Jun 1, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	24 min
Jun 1, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	31 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	48 min
Jun 1, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	45 min
Jun 1, 6:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Osborne	4 hr
Jun 1, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Rooks	22 min

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.