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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Hastings, NE

June 2, 2011Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2011, 12:45 AM CDT for Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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 2, 2011, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2011, 1:15 AM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:46 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, 11:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 238 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: 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

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The text

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

539 
WFUS53 KGID 020545
TORGID
KSC089-123-020615-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0049.110602T0545Z-110602T0615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1245 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTH CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1242 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAWKER CITY...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  BELOIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHERN JEWELL
  COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3962 9843 3969 9818 3953 9804 3950 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0545Z 236DEG 27KT 3958 9835
HAIL <.75IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

132 
WWUS53 KGID 020557 RRA
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1257 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011

KSC089-123-020615-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110602T0615Z/
MITCHELL KS-JEWELL KS-
1257 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JEWELL AND
NORTH CENTRAL MITCHELL COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM CDT...

AT 1251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLEN ELDER...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN JEWELL COUNTY AND NORTH CENTRAL
  MITCHELL COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3962 9843 3969 9818 3953 9804 3950 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0557Z 236DEG 27KT 3959 9827
HAIL 1.50IN

$$

064 
WWUS53 KGID 020615
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
115 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011

KSC089-123-020625-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110602T0615Z/
MITCHELL KS-JEWELL KS-
115 AM CDT THU JUN 2 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL JEWELL AND NORTH CENTRAL
MITCHELL COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

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 SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3962 9843 3969 9818 3953 9804 3950 9842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 236DEG 27KT 3967 9812

$$

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, 11:21 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, 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.