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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

May 27, 2013Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2013, 7:16 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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: May 27, 2013, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Jewell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 27, 7:40 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	Burr Oak, KS	HALF INCH HAIL MIXED WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.
May 27, 7:48 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 N Esbon, 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
May 27, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 234 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: 1140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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The text

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

723 
WFUS53 KGID 280016
TORGID
KSC089-280045-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0013.130528T0016Z-130528T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
716 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 711 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE
  AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LEBANON...OR 34 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT....AND MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH.

  THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
           BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES
           AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE.
           FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT
           TREES TO BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ESBON AND BURR OAK.

PEOPLE IN ESBON NEED TO BE IN THEIR TORNADO SHELTERS NOW!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3974 9837 3981 9851 3991 9851 3992 9850
      3990 9823
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 288DEG 21KT 3984 9847

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BRYANT

2 follow-up statements

127 
WWUS53 KGID 280033
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
733 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

KSC089-280045-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130528T0045Z/
JEWELL KS-
733 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JEWELL COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 730 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES WEST OF BURR OAK...OR 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF
BELOIT...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURR OAK.

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 3982 9830 3984 9845 3991 9845 3990 9823
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 284DEG 13KT 3989 9837

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BRYANT

586 
WWUS53 KGID 280037
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
737 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

KSC089-280045-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130528T0045Z/
JEWELL KS-
737 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JEWELL COUNTY
UNTIL 745 PM CDT...

AT 735 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE
AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BURR OAK...OR 31
MILES NORTH OF BELOIT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. MOBILE HOMES WILL
         BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...BUSINESSES AND
         VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION POSSIBLE. FLYING
         DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. EXPECT TREES TO
         BE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BURR OAK.

PEOPLE IN BURR OAK NEED TO BE IN THEIR TORNADO SHELTERS NOW!

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 3982 9830 3984 9839 3991 9839 3990 9823
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 293DEG 10KT 3988 9832

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

BRYANT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Smith	38 min
May 27, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell	34 min
May 27, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Smith	45 min
May 27, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell	40 min
May 27, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	33 min
May 27, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	49 min
May 27, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	30 min
May 27, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	36 min
May 28, 3:17 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks, Smith	30 hr

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