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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 7:28 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 1, 2011, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mitchell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
430 WFUS53 KGID 020028 TORGID KSC123-020100- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0042.110602T0028Z-110602T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 728 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 726 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CAWKER CITY TO 6 MILES NORTH OF VICTOR...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELOIT...VICTOR AND GLEN ELDER. 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 3956 9806 3923 9810 3922 9843 3956 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 290DEG 9KT 3950 9841 3934 9830 HAIL 1.50IN $$ FAY
2 follow-up statements
376 WWUS53 KGID 020038 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 738 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011 KSC123-020100- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110602T0100Z/ MITCHELL KS- 738 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MITCHELL COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GLEN ELDER TO 5 MILES NORTH OF VICTOR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELOIT AND GLEN ELDER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3956 9806 3923 9810 3922 9843 3956 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 282DEG 14KT 3950 9836 3932 9825 HAIL 1.50IN $$ FAY
497 WWUS53 KGID 020045 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 745 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011 KSC123-020100- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110602T0100Z/ MITCHELL KS- 745 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MITCHELL COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF VICTOR...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELOIT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELOIT. 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 3956 9806 3923 9810 3922 9843 3956 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 282DEG 14KT 3934 9823 HAIL 1.50IN $$ FAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks | 45 min |
| Jun 1, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 40 min |
| Jun 1, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 44 min |
| Jun 1, 8:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 9:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 9:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 39 min |
| Jun 1, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 51 min |
| Jun 1, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 33 min |
| Jun 1, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 10:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 10 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne | 22 min |
| Jun 1, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 11:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 11:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Smith | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 12:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Mitchell | 82 min |
| Jun 2, 12:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 30 min |
| Jun 2, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Jewell | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 1:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Smith | 9 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 28 min |
| Jun 2, 1:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Osborne | 45 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 46 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:49 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 15 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:51 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | GID | Mitchell | 56 hr |
| Jun 2, 8:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Osborne, Rooks | 33 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Smith | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Smith | 47 hr |
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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.