Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 48, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 11:21 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 24 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, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2011, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 3158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1439 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
757 WFUS53 KGID 020421 TORGID KSC141-147-163-183-020445- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0048.110602T0421Z-110602T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1121 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODSTON...OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KIRWIN. 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 3970 9919 3960 9881 3944 9911 3951 9927 TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 213DEG 22KT 3952 9913 HAIL 1.00IN $$ BRYANT
2 follow-up statements
787 WWUS53 KGID 020430 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1130 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011 KSC141-147-163-183-020445- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110602T0445Z/ SMITH KS-ROOKS KS-PHILLIPS KS-OSBORNE KS- 1130 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN OSBORNE... SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS...NORTHEASTERN ROOKS AND SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT... AT 1127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF WOODSTON...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN ROOKS...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS...NORTHWESTERN OSBORNE AND SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3968 9912 3960 9881 3947 9908 3954 9919 TIME...MOT...LOC 0430Z 238DEG 22KT 3954 9906 HAIL 1.00IN $$ BRYANT
277 WWUS53 KGID 020443 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1143 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011 KSC141-147-163-183-020453- /O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110602T0445Z/ SMITH KS-ROOKS KS-PHILLIPS KS-OSBORNE KS- 1143 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OSBORNE...SOUTHEASTERN PHILLIPS...NORTHEASTERN ROOKS AND SOUTHWESTERN SMITH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 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 3968 9912 3960 9881 3947 9908 3954 9919 TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 238DEG 22KT 3958 9897 $$ 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, 7:53 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, 11:33 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.