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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Hastings, NE

September 30, 2026Mitchell County, Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2026, 8:50 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Kansas. It was in force for 13 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 2026, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2026, 9:03 PM CDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Mitchell County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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
Sep 30, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 7:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDNuckolls, Thayer2 hr
Sep 30, 7:31 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan, Webster16 hr
Sep 30, 8:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore91 min
Sep 30, 9:28 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer15 hr
Sep 30, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDClay, Nuckolls38 hr
Sep 30, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDNuckolls31 hr
Sep 30, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDFranklin7 hr
Sep 30, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster39 hr
Sep 30, 9:45 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster and 1 more14 hr
Oct 1, 10:53 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer50 hr
Oct 1, 11:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDFillmore, York50 hr
Oct 1, 11:39 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDAdams, Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer, Webster and 1 more9 hr
Oct 1, 11:48 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDFranklin, Webster9 hr
Oct 1, 11:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDNuckolls, Thayer9 hr
Sep 30, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMitchell40 min
Sep 30, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMitchell45 min
Sep 30, 9:07 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell15 hr
Sep 30, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningGIDMitchell51 hr
Oct 1, 10:21 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGIDJewell, Mitchell24 hr
Oct 1, 12:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDJewell, Mitchell9 hr
Oct 1, 12:10 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryGIDJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Smith9 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.