Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2001, 1:39 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2001, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2001, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Norton County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 1:39 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Edmond, KS | |
| Apr 6, 2:02 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Norton, KS |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 93 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 237 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGLD 061839 TORGLD KSC137-061915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 139 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 139 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDMOND...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF HILL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... NORTON AROUND 145 PM CDT CALVERT AROUND 150 PM CDT ALMENA AROUND 155 PM CDT OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...LENORA AND DENSMORE. VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR DETECTED BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER NOW! $$ LATz...LON 3957 10011 3958 9965 4001 9961 4000 9997 ENTWISTLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 25 min |
| Apr 6, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 38 min |
| Apr 6, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 49 min |
| Apr 6, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 46 min |
| Apr 6, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 61 min |
| Apr 6, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 54 min |
| Apr 6, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 66 min |
| Apr 6, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 55 min |
| Apr 6, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 50 min |
| Apr 6, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 62 min |
| Apr 6, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 65 min |
| Apr 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 31 min |
| Apr 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 51 min |
| Apr 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 56 min |
| Apr 6, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 56 min |
| Apr 6, 6:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.