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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:10 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
JRM2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KGLD 112331
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
530 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005
NEC057-120000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050512T0000Z/
DUNDY NE-
530 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR DUNDY COUNTY...
AT 526 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF PARKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHERN DUNDY COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM MDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4035 10190 4050 10191 4001 10191 4000 10131
4034 10129 4035 10147
$$
MARTIN000
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
$$
JRMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 49 min |
| May 11, 3:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 51 min |
| May 11, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 18 min |
| May 11, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 53 min |
| May 11, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.