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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

May 11, 2005Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2005, 5:14 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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 11, 2005, 5:14 PM MDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2005, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 11, 2:10 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 112315
TORGLD
NEC057-120000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0013.050511T2314Z-050512T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
514 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 510 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTH OF PARKS TO 14 MILES NORTH OF
  PARKS TO 8 MILES WEST OF PARKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... 
  PARKS BY 525 PM MDT...

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...FIND A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4035 10190 4050 10191 4001 10191 4000 10131
      4034 10129 4035 10147

$$

JRM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 112331
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
530 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005

NEC057-120000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050512T0000Z/
DUNDY NE-
530 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR DUNDY COUNTY...

AT 526 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF PARKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN DUNDY COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM MDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4035 10190 4050 10191 4001 10191 4000 10131
      4034 10129 4035 10147

$$

MARTIN
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 112343
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
543 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005

NEC057-120000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050512T0000Z/
DUNDY NE-
543 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR DUNDY COUNTY...

AT 540 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF PARKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL DUNDY COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM MDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...DO NOT USE YOUR 
CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY 
TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE 
THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE STRUCTURE IS 
NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4035 10190 4050 10191 4001 10191 4000 10131
      4034 10129 4035 10147

$$

JRM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 2:11 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDHitchcock49 min
May 11, 3:39 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDundy51 min
May 11, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow18 min
May 11, 4:24 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDundy53 min
May 11, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy33 min

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.