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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Hastings, NE

May 6, 2015Jewell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2015, 4:57 PM CDT for Jewell County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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 6, 2015, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Jewell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 6, 5:03 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 E Formoso, KS	TORNADO STILL ON GROUND.

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 6, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 221 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

376 
WFUS53 KGID 062157
TORGID
KSC089-062230-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0013.150506T2157Z-150506T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
457 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
    
* AT 457 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER FORMOSO...OR 18 MILES WEST OF
  BELLEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORMOSO AROUND 500 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3969 9810 3988 9803 3987 9793 3965 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 195DEG 27KT 3974 9797 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

ROSSI

1 follow-up statement

089 
WWUS53 KGID 062229
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
529 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

KSC089-062239-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150506T2230Z/
JEWELL KS-
529 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JEWELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3969 9810 3988 9803 3987 9793 3965 9793
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 195DEG 27KT 3974 9797 

$$

ROSSI

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 1:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	33 min
May 6, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	37 min
May 6, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	25 min
May 6, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne, Rooks, Smith	43 min
May 6, 2:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	Mitchell	27 min
May 6, 3:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Osborne, Smith	23 min
May 6, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Smith	30 min
May 6, 3:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Osborne, Smith	6 hr
May 6, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	Jewell	12 min
May 6, 3:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GID	Jewell	23 min
May 6, 3:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Osborne	32 min
May 6, 3:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	38 min
May 6, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Smith	49 min
May 6, 3:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell	32 min
May 6, 4:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell	26 min
May 6, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	34 min
May 6, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	48 min
May 6, 4:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell	26 min
May 6, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	41 min
May 6, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne	36 min
May 6, 5:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	27 min
May 6, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell, Osborne	35 min
May 6, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Mitchell	28 min
May 6, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Smith	51 min
May 6, 5:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Jewell, Smith	3 hr
May 6, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	46 min
May 6, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	32 min
May 6, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith	45 min
May 6, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	31 min
May 6, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Smith	44 min
May 6, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	46 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.