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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Hastings, NE

April 14, 2012Mitchell County, Osborne County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2012, 1:57 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Osborne County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 14, 2:14 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 S Tipton, KS	STORM CHASER REPORTED A WRAPPED TORNADO 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF TIPTON. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAD A REPORT OF SOME TIN TAKEN FROM A BUILDING IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA.
Apr 14, 2:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Glen Elder, KS	POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN IN THE GLEN ELDER RESERVIOR AREA.

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 PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 1516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 432 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

292 
WFUS53 KGID 141857
TORGID
KSC123-141-141930-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0009.120414T1857Z-120414T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
157 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  EASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF HUNTER...OR 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BELOIT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELOIT...HUNTER...OSBORNE...VICTOR...TIPTON...PORTIS...DOWNS...
  CAWKER CITY...GLEN ELDER AND SCOTTSVILLE.

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 3916 9883 3957 9870 3956 9793 3944 9794
      3921 9822 3921 9848 3913 9850 3913 9869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1858Z 211DEG 38KT 3923 9853
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

HEINLEIN

2 follow-up statements

236 
WWUS53 KGID 141907
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
207 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC123-141-141930-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120414T1930Z/
OSBORNE KS-MITCHELL KS-
207 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MITCHELL AND EASTERN
OSBORNE COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT...

AT 201 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIPTON...OR 26 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELOIT...VICTOR...TIPTON...OSBORNE...PORTIS...DOWNS...CAWKER
  CITY...GLEN ELDER AND SCOTTSVILLE.

THIS STORM IS RAIN WRAPPED WHICH WILL MAKE IDENTIFYING THE TORNADO 
DIFFICULT. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO IS HEADING DIRECTLY TOWARDS TIPTON. 

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 3916 9883 3957 9870 3956 9793 3944 9794
      3921 9822 3921 9848 3913 9850 3913 9869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 208DEG 39KT 3931 9848
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

GUERRERO

772 
WWUS53 KGID 141924
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
224 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

KSC141-141932-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120414T1930Z/
OSBORNE KS-
224 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OSBORNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3945 9803 3921 9822 3921 9848 3957 9849
      3956 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 213DEG 34KT 3941 9838

$$

KSC123-141930-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120414T1930Z/
MITCHELL KS-
224 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MITCHELL COUNTY UNTIL 230
PM CDT...

AT 220 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIPTON...OR 16 MILES WEST OF
BELOIT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

AT 214 PM CDT A RAIN WRAPED TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY STORM CHASERS 
ONE AND A HALF MILES SOUTH OF TIPTON. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELOIT...CAWKER CITY...GLEN ELDER AND SCOTTSVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3945 9803 3921 9822 3921 9848 3957 9849
      3956 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 1922Z 213DEG 34KT 3941 9838
HAIL 2.75IN

$$

WESELY

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, 12:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	36 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, 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.