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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 12:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 36 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 14, 2012, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2012, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Smith County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 12:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Osborne, KS | |
| Apr 14, 12:55 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 W Burr Oak, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
793 WFUS53 KGID 141709 TORGID KSC089-123-141-183-141745- /O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0005.120414T1709Z-120414T1745Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1209 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1245 PM CDT * AT 1204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF OSBORNE...OR 30 MILES WEST OF BELOIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DOWNS...CAWKER CITY...IONIA...ESBON...BURR OAK AND MANKATO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. && LAT...LON 3999 9840 3977 9813 3928 9855 3938 9879 TIME...MOT...LOC 1709Z 209DEG 37KT 3942 9863 HAIL <.75IN $$ HEINLEIN
3 follow-up statements
034 WWUS53 KGID 141726 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1226 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 KSC089-123-141-183-141745- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120414T1745Z/ SMITH KS-OSBORNE KS-MITCHELL KS-JEWELL KS- 1226 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN JEWELL... NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL...NORTHEASTERN OSBORNE AND SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT... AT 1222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOWNS...OR 24 MILES WEST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IONIA...ESBON...BURR OAK AND MANKATO. LAT...LON 3947 9873 3999 9840 3977 9813 3938 9846 TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 209DEG 37KT 3955 9854 HAIL 2.75IN $$ HEINLEIN
141 WWUS53 KGID 141738 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1238 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 KSC123-141-141747- /O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120414T1745Z/ OSBORNE KS-MITCHELL KS- 1238 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MITCHELL AND NORTHEASTERN OSBORNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3957 9832 3957 9866 3999 9840 3977 9813 TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 209DEG 37KT 3965 9847 $$ KSC089-183-141745- /O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120414T1745Z/ SMITH KS-JEWELL KS- 1238 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN JEWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT... AT 1232 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF DOWNS...OR 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... IONIA...ESBON...BURR OAK AND MANKATO. LAT...LON 3957 9832 3957 9866 3999 9840 3977 9813 TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 209DEG 37KT 3965 9847 HAIL 2.75IN $$ HEINLEIN
451 WWUS53 KGID 141745 SVSGID SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1245 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 KSC089-183-141754- /O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120414T1745Z/ SMITH KS-JEWELL KS- 1245 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN JEWELL AND SOUTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 PM CDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT. LAT...LON 3957 9832 3957 9866 3999 9840 3977 9813 TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 209DEG 37KT 3971 9842 $$ HEINLEIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 4:07 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 13 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Osborne, Smith | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Rooks | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 12:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Smith | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Smith | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Osborne, Smith | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Phillips, Rooks | 17 min |
| Apr 14, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 48 min |
| Apr 14, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Mitchell, Osborne | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 23 min |
| Apr 14, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Jewell, Mitchell | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Jewell | 12 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.