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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE

February 28, 2012Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Feb 28, 2012, 5:24 PM CST for Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
Feb 28, 2012, 5:24 PM CST (23:24 UTC)
Expired
Feb 28, 2012, 5:50 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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
Feb 28, 5:28 PM CSTTORNADO5 Se Randall, KSEF0 TORNADO TRACKED FOR TWO MILES FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RANDALL TO 6 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF RANDALL. ONE FARM STRUCK...WITH DAMAGE INCLUDING METAL ROOF TORN OFF OUTBUILDING AND TREES SHEARED OFF.
Feb 28, 5:30 PM CSTTSTM WND DMG5 Se Randall, KSDAMAGE TO OUT BUILDINGS AND HOUSE. POWER POLLS BROKEN AND FELL ON C ROAD BETWEEN ROADS 290 AND 300. HALF INCH HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED.

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
Feb 28, 3:53 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 2012-02-28Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2012-02-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 396 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
1369 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 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.

777 
WFUS53 KGID 282324
TORGID
KSC089-123-290000-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0002.120228T2324Z-120229T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
524 PM CST TUE FEB 28 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 600 PM CST

* AT 521 PM CST...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...
  RANDALL...SCOTTSVILLE AND FORMOSO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3958 9826 3983 9793 3943 9793 3939 9803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 240DEG 36KT 3954 9804
HAIL 0.88IN

$$

GUERRERO
2 follow-up statements
331 
WWUS53 KGID 282336
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
536 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

KSC089-123-290000-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T0000Z/
MITCHELL KS-JEWELL KS-
536 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL AND
NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CST...

AT 534 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 
MPH. NEW CELL DEVELOPMENT APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST 
OF THIS STORM IS ALSO BEING TRACKED FOR POTENTIAL TORNADO 
DEVELOPMENT. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SCOTTSVILLE AND RANDALL.

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 3953 9818 3963 9817 3983 9793 3943 9793
      3939 9803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 233DEG 36KT 3956 9804
HAIL 1.00IN

$$

GUERRERO
727 
WWUS53 KGID 282350
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
550 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

KSC089-123-290000-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120229T0000Z/
MITCHELL KS-JEWELL KS-
550 PM CST TUE FEB 28 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL AND NORTHEASTERN
MITCHELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.  HOWEVER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTIES UNTIL 
6 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3953 9818 3963 9817 3983 9793 3943 9793
      3939 9803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 233DEG 36KT 3965 9787

$$

GUERRERO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 3:58 AM CSTWind AdvisoryGIDOsborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith14 hr
Feb 28, 4:09 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell51 min
Feb 28, 4:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell26 min
Feb 28, 5:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGIDJewell, Mitchell48 min
Feb 28, 5:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell42 min
Feb 28, 5:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne, Smith40 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.