Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2012

Tornado Warning 16, NWS Hastings, NE

April 27, 2012Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 27, 2012, 3:26 PM CDT for Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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
Apr 27, 2012, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 27, 3:33 PM CDTHAIL 14 W Beloit, KSQUARTER SIZE HAIL AT SOLOMON RAPIDS
Apr 27, 3:47 PM CDTHAIL 0.755 Ne Beloit, KS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 27, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 221 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2012-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2012-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 272 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

852 
WFUS53 KGID 272026
TORGID
KSC089-123-272100-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0016.120427T2026Z-120427T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
326 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 324 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELOIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELOIT...SCOTTSVILLE...JEWELL AND RANDALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3944 9831 3962 9825 3975 9813 3971 9793
      3953 9792 3943 9794 3934 9808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 205DEG 36KT 3946 9814
HAIL <.75IN

$$

GUERRERO
3 follow-up statements
846 
WWUS53 KGID 272038
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
338 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

KSC089-123-272100-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120427T2100Z/
MITCHELL KS-JEWELL KS-
338 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL AND
NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

IN ADDITION...AT 333 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED 4 MILES 
WEST OF BELOIT WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTTSVILLE...JEWELL AND RANDALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT... EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR
VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3941 9823 3942 9826 3960 9823 3975 9813
      3971 9793 3953 9792 3943 9794 3934 9808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 205DEG 36KT 3956 9808
HAIL 1.50IN

$$

GUERRERO
071 
WWUS53 KGID 272048
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
348 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

KSC089-123-272100-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120427T2100Z/
MITCHELL KS-JEWELL KS-
348 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL AND
NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 347 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTTSVILLE...RANDALL AND JEWELL.

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 3934 9808 3945 9818 3962 9817 3975 9813
      3971 9793 3953 9792 3943 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 205DEG 36KT 3949 9801
HAIL 1.50IN

$$

GUERRERO
891 
WWUS53 KGID 272056
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
356 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

KSC089-123-272106-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120427T2100Z/
MITCHELL KS-JEWELL KS-
356 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL AND NORTHEASTERN
MITCHELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM CDT...

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 TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 3934 9808 3945 9818 3962 9817 3975 9813
      3971 9793 3953 9792 3943 9794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 205DEG 36KT 3955 9797

$$

GUERRERO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks37 min
Apr 27, 7:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks32 min
Apr 27, 8:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDRooks30 min
Apr 27, 8:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDPhillips31 min
Apr 27, 9:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith35 min
Apr 27, 12:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne30 min
Apr 27, 1:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne32 min
Apr 27, 2:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDSmith25 min
Apr 27, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne47 min
Apr 27, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell27 min
Apr 27, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell42 min
Apr 27, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell39 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2012Every tornado warning in 2012Tornadoes in 2012

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.