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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Hastings, NE

June 1, 2011Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 7:53 PM CDT for Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 1, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Osborne County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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: 1251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2375 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.4

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The text

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

742 
WFUS53 KGID 020053
TORGID
KSC141-020130-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0043.110602T0053Z-110602T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 750 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES EAST OF NATOMA...OR 44 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  PHILLIPSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN 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 3913 9896 3914 9901 3931 9899 3931 9849
      3917 9848 3913 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 282DEG 24KT 3921 9886
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

367 
WWUS53 KGID 020108 RRA
SVSGID

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

KSC141-020130-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110602T0130Z/
OSBORNE KS-
808 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSBORNE
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT...

AT 803 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LURAY...OR 42 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BELOIT...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN 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 3915 9891 3930 9886 3931 9849 3917 9848
      3913 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 282DEG 24KT 3919 9876
HAIL 1.75IN

$$

BRYANT

161 
WWUS53 KGID 020129
SVSGID

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

KSC141-020139-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110602T0130Z/
OSBORNE KS-
829 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 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 3915 9891 3930 9886 3931 9849 3917 9848
      3913 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 282DEG 24KT 3916 9858

$$

BRYANT

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, 7:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Mitchell	32 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.