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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Hastings, NE

May 2, 2012Phillips County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2012, 8:27 PM CDT for Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
May 2, 2012, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Phillips County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 2, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-05-03Temperature 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2012-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

817 
WFUS53 KGID 030127
TORGID
KSC147-030200-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0017.120503T0127Z-120503T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
827 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 823 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF LOGAN...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  PHILLIPSBURG...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LOGAN AND SPEED.

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 3980 9963 3972 9928 3957 9945 3957 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 214DEG 16KT 3959 9957
HAIL 2.50IN

$$

ADO
2 follow-up statements
356 
WWUS53 KGID 030140
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
840 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

KSC147-030200-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120503T0200Z/
PHILLIPS KS-
840 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS
COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 837 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LOGAN...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SPEED.

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 3980 9963 3972 9928 3957 9945 3957 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 214DEG 16KT 3965 9953
HAIL 2.50IN

$$

ADO
552 
WWUS53 KGID 030158
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
858 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

KSC147-030207-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120503T0200Z/
PHILLIPS KS-
858 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 900 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
PHILLIPS COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3980 9963 3972 9928 3957 9945 3957 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 214DEG 16KT 3971 9947

$$

ADO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks46 min
May 2, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips, Rooks45 min
May 2, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDRooks32 min
May 2, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDPhillips33 min

Nearby

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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.