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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2015, 6:55 PM CDT for Jewell County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 12, 2015, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2015, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Jewell County, KS, Smith County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 7:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Lebanon, KS | QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN LEBANON KS EST WIND GUST 35 TO 45MPH. |
| Apr 12, 7:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Lebanon, KS | HAIL STARTED AT 710 AND ENDED AT 717. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -364 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KGID 122355
TORGID
KSC089-183-130030-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0003.150412T2355Z-150413T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
655 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN SMITH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN JEWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 655 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BELLAIRE...OR 33 MILES EAST OF
PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST 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.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LEBANON AROUND 710 PM CDT.
ESBON AROUND 725 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 3975 9882 3993 9878 3992 9834 3965 9840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 275DEG 24KT 3983 9869
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
ROSSI2 follow-up statements
935
WWUS53 KGID 130008
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
708 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015
KSC089-183-130030-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150413T0030Z/
SMITH KS-JEWELL KS-
708 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SMITH AND WEST CENTRAL JEWELL COUNTIES...
AT 708 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER LEBANON...OR 33 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELOIT...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ESBON AROUND 720 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3977 9864 3989 9860 3989 9835 3968 9840
3971 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 279DEG 28KT 3981 9855
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
ROSSI871
WWUS53 KGID 130024
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
724 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015
KSC089-183-130034-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150413T0030Z/
SMITH KS-JEWELL KS-
724 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SMITH AND WEST CENTRAL JEWELL
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3977 9864 3989 9860 3989 9835 3968 9840
3971 9849
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 275DEG 24KT 3981 9855
$$
ROSSIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 4:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 29 min |
| Apr 12, 4:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 31 min |
| Apr 12, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Rooks | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 37 min |
| Apr 12, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GID | Smith | 30 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.