Alert archive / Nebraska / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2005, 3:11 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 49 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, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 112011 TORGLD NEC087-112100- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0009.050511T2011Z-050511T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 311 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY AT 330 PM CDT... A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR INDICATED BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND COVER UP. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4004 10121 4006 10097 4073 10104 4070 10136 $$ BULLER
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 112020 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 219 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005 NEC087-112100- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050511T2100Z/ HITCHCOCK NE- 319 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL HITCHCOCK COUNTY... AT 315 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY AROUND 330 PM CDT... AT 314 PM CDT...ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4004 10121 4006 10097 4073 10104 4070 10136 $$ BULLER
000 WWUS53 KGLD 112044 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 243 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005 NEC087-112100- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050511T2100Z/ HITCHCOCK NE- 343 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL HITCHCOCK COUNTY... AT 340 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CULBERTSON... MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4009 10119 4012 10075 4034 10077 4033 10119 $$ BULLER
000 WWUS53 KGLD 112055 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 255 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005 NEC087-112100- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050511T2100Z/ HITCHCOCK NE- 355 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR HITCHCOCK COUNTY... AT 353 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF CULBERTSON...MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH. AT 350 PM CDT...A SPOTTER IN PALISADE REPORTED 1 INCHE DIAMETER HAIL. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 INCH OR LARGER DIAMETER HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4009 10119 4012 10075 4034 10077 4033 10119 $$ BULLER
000 WWUS53 KGLD 112100 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 259 PM MDT WED MAY 11 2005 NEC087-112109- /O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050511T2100Z/ HITCHCOCK NE- 359 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HITCHCOCK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS LEFT THE WARNED AREA. AT 338 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CULBERTSON. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 4009 10119 4012 10075 4034 10077 4033 10119 $$ BULLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 51 min |
| May 11, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 18 min |
| May 11, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 53 min |
| May 11, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 46 min |
| May 11, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 33 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.