Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 9:44 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 24, 2016, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Mitchell County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 1524 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1159 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
882
WFUS53 KGID 250244
TORGID
KSC123-250315-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0015.160525T0244Z-160525T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
944 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 944 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR VICTOR...OR 14 MILES SOUTH OF BELOIT...MOVING
NORTHEAST 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...
BELOIT...ASHERVILLE AND SIMPSON AROUND 1015 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 3925 9835 3957 9813 3957 9807 3949 9793
3935 9793 3922 9808 3922 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 215DEG 25KT 3927 9821
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
HEINLEIN2 follow-up statements
808
WWUS53 KGID 250258
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
958 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
KSC123-250315-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160525T0315Z/
MITCHELL KS-
958 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
MITCHELL COUNTY...
AT 958 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ASHERVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELOIT...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SIMPSON AROUND 1005 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3925 9835 3957 9813 3957 9807 3949 9793
3935 9793 3922 9808 3922 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0258Z 238DEG 25KT 3938 9801
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
HEINLEIN798
WWUS53 KGID 250313
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1013 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
KSC123-250322-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160525T0315Z/
MITCHELL KS-
1013 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1015 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3925 9835 3957 9813 3957 9807 3949 9793
3935 9793 3922 9808 3922 9829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 215DEG 25KT 3938 9801
$$
HEINLEINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 27 min |
| May 24, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Osborne | 35 min |
| May 24, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 36 min |
| May 24, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GID | Mitchell | 37 min |
| May 24, 10:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Rooks | 12 hr |
| May 25, 9:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GID | Rooks | 2 hr |
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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.