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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT for Osborne County, Rooks County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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
- May 8, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Osborne County, KS, Rooks County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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 8, 7:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Natoma, KS | LARGEST HAIL RANGED FROM NICKEL TO GOLF BALL SIZE. |
| May 8, 8:05 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 8 Nne Natoma, KS | REPORT FROM TWITTER. TIME ALSO ESTIAMTED FROM RADAR. |
| May 8, 8:21 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 9 Ssw Osborne, KS | LARGEST HAIL WAS GOLF BALL SIZE. LOCATION WAS 4 NE OF COVERT. |
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 8, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
914
WFUS53 KGID 090045
TORGID
KSC141-163-090115-
/O.NEW.KGID.TO.W.0009.160509T0045Z-160509T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
745 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN OSBORNE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN ROOKS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 745 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NATOMA...OR 39 MILES SOUTH 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
WESTERN OSBORNE AND SOUTHEASTERN ROOKS COUNTIES.
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 3921 9919 3957 9893 3957 9887 3944 9863
3913 9897 3913 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 188DEG 18KT 3922 9905
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HEINLEIN2 follow-up statements
335
WWUS53 KGID 090057
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
757 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
KSC141-163-090115-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160509T0115Z/
OSBORNE KS-ROOKS KS-
757 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
OSBORNE AND SOUTHEASTERN ROOKS COUNTIES...
AT 757 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NATOMA...OR 39 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PHILLIPSBURG...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSBORNE...NATOMA AND ALTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3921 9919 3957 9893 3957 9887 3944 9863
3913 9897 3913 9906
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 222DEG 27KT 3924 9897
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HEINLEIN085
WWUS53 KGID 090106
SVSGID
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
806 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
KSC163-090115-
/O.CAN.KGID.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160509T0115Z/
ROOKS KS-
806 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ROOKS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3924 9902 3937 9897 3942 9882 3944 9863
3913 9897 3917 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 247DEG 30KT 3928 9887
$$
KSC141-090115-
/O.CON.KGID.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160509T0115Z/
OSBORNE KS-
806 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN OSBORNE COUNTY...
AT 805 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NATOMA...OR 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
PHILLIPSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OSBORNE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3924 9902 3937 9897 3942 9882 3944 9863
3913 9897 3917 9900
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 247DEG 30KT 3928 9887
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HEINLEINThe 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, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Phillips | 24 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, 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 |
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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.