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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Hastings, NE

May 6, 2015Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2015, 5:43 PM CDT for Jewell County, Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2015, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 1:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 2015-05-06Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2015-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 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
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

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The text

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

137 
WFUS53 KGID 062243
TORGID
KSC089-123-062315-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0021.150506T2243Z-150506T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
    
* AT 543 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF GLEN ELDER
  TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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. 

* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BELOIT AND JEWELL AROUND 605 PM CDT.
  RANDALL AROUND 610 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 3934 9836 3939 9840 3959 9830 3968 9818
      3967 9793 3958 9793 3950 9804 3934 9828
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 218DEG 23KT 3953 9819 3940 9830 

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

$$

ROSSI
1 follow-up statement
033 
WWUS53 KGID 062253
SVSGID

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

KSC089-123-062315-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150506T2315Z/
MITCHELL KS-JEWELL KS-
553 PM CDT WED MAY 6 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND SOUTHEASTERN JEWELL COUNTIES...
    
AT 553 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF JEWELL TO
NEAR GLEN ELDER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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. 

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  JEWELL AROUND 605 PM CDT.
  RANDALL AROUND 610 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 3952 9832 3959 9826 3968 9818 3967 9793
      3958 9793 3950 9804 3944 9819 3944 9826
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 218DEG 23KT 3957 9815 3944 9826 

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

$$

ROSSI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 1:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne33 min
May 6, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne37 min
May 6, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDMitchell25 min
May 6, 2:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne, Rooks, Smith43 min
May 6, 2:48 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDMitchell27 min
May 6, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDOsborne, Smith23 min
May 6, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith30 min
May 6, 3:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDOsborne, Smith6 hr
May 6, 3:35 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDJewell12 min
May 6, 3:37 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDJewell23 min
May 6, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGIDOsborne32 min
May 6, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Rooks38 min
May 6, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDSmith49 min
May 6, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell32 min
May 6, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell26 min
May 6, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell34 min
May 6, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne48 min
May 6, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell26 min
May 6, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell41 min
May 6, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne36 min
May 6, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell33 min
May 6, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell27 min
May 6, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDMitchell, Osborne35 min
May 6, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMitchell28 min
May 6, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDOsborne, Smith51 min
May 6, 5:28 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDJewell, Smith3 hr
May 6, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell46 min
May 6, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith45 min
May 6, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell31 min
May 6, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell, Smith44 min
May 6, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGIDJewell46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.