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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Hastings, NE

May 8, 2016Phillips County, Kansas; Harlan County, Nebraska

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2016, 7:06 PM CDT for Phillips County, Kansas; Harlan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 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 8, 2016, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Hastings, NE
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Phillips County, KS, Harlan County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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.

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 8, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

024 
WFUS53 KGID 090006
TORGID
KSC147-NEC083-090030-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0007.160509T0006Z-160509T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
706 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL PHILLIPS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
    
* AT 706 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER WOODRUFF...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF PHILLIPSBURG...
  MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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...
  ALMA AND ORLEANS AROUND 730 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 4020 9948 4017 9919 3995 9930 3996 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 195DEG 16KT 3999 9942 

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

$$

WESELY

1 follow-up statement

463 
WWUS53 KGID 090021
SVSGID

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
721 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC147-NEC083-090031-
/O.EXP.KGID.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160509T0030Z/
PHILLIPS KS-HARLAN NE-
721 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PHILLIPS AND SOUTHEASTERN
HARLAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS...AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.


LAT...LON 4020 9948 4017 9919 3995 9930 3996 9946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 195DEG 16KT 3999 9942 

$$

WESELY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks	43 min
May 8, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	30 min
May 8, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith	47 min
May 8, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	30 min
May 8, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Osborne	37 min
May 8, 8:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Osborne, Rooks	5 hr
May 8, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Smith	47 min
May 8, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne	47 min
May 8, 9:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	47 min
May 8, 9:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	23 min
May 8, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	48 min
May 8, 9:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	48 min
May 8, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	41 min
May 8, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	43 min
May 8, 10:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	50 min
May 8, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne	42 min
May 8, 10:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	39 min
May 8, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne	52 min
May 9, 12:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell	41 min
May 9, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Osborne, Rooks	35 min
May 9, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell, Osborne	48 min
May 9, 12:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell	14 min
May 9, 1:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	44 min
May 9, 1:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GID	Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks	9 hr
May 9, 1:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Mitchell	48 min
May 9, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Mitchell	32 min
May 9, 2:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Rooks	27 min
May 9, 3:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	29 min
May 9, 3:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phillips, Rooks, Smith	23 min
May 9, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Smith	31 min
May 9, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Jewell	42 min
May 9, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	43 min
May 9, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell	48 min
May 9, 6:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Jewell	3 hr
May 9, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Jewell, Mitchell	46 min
May 8, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Dawson	51 min
May 8, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin	42 min
May 8, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Gosper	35 min
May 8, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo, Sherman, Valley	24 min
May 8, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Sherman, Valley	42 min
May 8, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Buffalo, Dawson	28 min
May 8, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	50 min
May 8, 9:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Nuckolls, Webster	10 min
May 8, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Howard	53 min
May 8, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Hamilton	33 min
May 9, 4:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Webster	34 min
May 9, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin	16 min
May 9, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Franklin	14 min
May 9, 3:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Buffalo	34 min
May 9, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Clay	40 min
May 9, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay	48 min
May 9, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	York	41 min
May 9, 5:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Clay	27 min
May 9, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	York	39 min
May 9, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phelps	47 min
May 9, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Phelps	47 min
May 9, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GID	Clay	28 min
May 9, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	52 min
May 9, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Clay	46 min
May 9, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore, York	48 min
May 9, 6:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GID	Phelps	44 min
May 9, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GID	Fillmore	28 min
May 9, 6:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GID	Fillmore	3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.