Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 303, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 2011, 10:07 PM CDT for Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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
- Sep 17, 2011, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2011, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Logan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 522 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
225 WUUS53 KGLD 180307 SVRGLD KSC109-180400- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0303.110918T0307Z-110918T0400Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1007 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1004 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF RUSSELL SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSSELL SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3905 10088 3881 10089 3886 10138 3901 10138 TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 268DEG 19KT 3892 10130 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ ROBINSON
3 follow-up statements
140 WWUS53 KGLD 180331 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 931 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011 KSC109-180400- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0303.000000T0000Z-110918T0400Z/ LOGAN KS- 1031 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1027 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSSELL SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3885 10124 3900 10122 3902 10088 3881 10089 TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 268DEG 19KT 3892 10113 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ ROBINSON
449 WWUS53 KGLD 180338 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1038 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 KSC109-180400- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0303.000000T0000Z-110918T0400Z/ LOGAN KS- 1038 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF RUSSELL SPRINGS...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3884 10113 3897 10106 3898 10088 3881 10089 TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 277DEG 26KT 3889 10101 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ ROBINSON
661 WWUS53 KGLD 180354 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 954 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011 KSC109-180404- /O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0303.000000T0000Z-110918T0400Z/ LOGAN KS- 1054 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM MDT/1100 PM CDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3884 10113 3897 10106 3898 10088 3881 10089 TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 277DEG 26KT 3887 10086 $$ ROBINSON
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Sep 17, 6:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 6:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 556 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011 .DISCUSSION... 200 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011 TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY ALONG THE DIVIDE WILL MOVE OVER THE FRONT RANGE AND FAR EASTERN PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THEN INTO THE FORECAST AREA BY MIDNIGHT QUICKLY EXITING THE AREA BY SUNRISE. DRY NORTHWEST FLOW TO FOLLOW SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 70S THEN 80S. A STRONG UPPER LOW MOVES TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES BY LATE IN THE DAY TUESDAY DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA...COOLING AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES INTO THE 70S...A FEW 80S EXPECTED FROM HILL CITY TO TRIBUNE AND POINTS SOUTH AND EAST. NO INSTABILITY OR SUFFICIENT MOISTURE TO WORK WITH SO REMOVED PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORM MENTION. TUESDAY NIGHT-SATURDAY...THERE IS GOOD AGREEMENT ON SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS ABUNDANT MOISTURE SLIDES THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. BY LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY SUBSIDENCE AND RAPIDLY DECREASING MOISTURE MOVE IN LEAVING A MOSTLY SUNNY SKY. HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 70. DRY WEATHER EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. FORECAST CHALLENGE DURING THIS PERIOD IS HOW FAST THINGS WARM UP. BOTH GFS/ECMWF BRING WARMER AIR INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST EACH DAY BUT ECMWF IS QUITE A BIT WARMER. HAVE TRENDED TEMPS UP EACH DAY AVERAGING BOTH 12Z AND PREVIOUS 00Z RUNS. 007 && .AVIATION... 542 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011 FOR 00Z TAFS...FAIRLY WIDESPREAD IFR TO VLIFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE TAF PERIOD AS AREA OF IFR STRATUS AND FOG ACROSS EASTERN CWA IS EXPECTED TO ADVECT RAPIDLY BACK OVER GOODLAND BEFORE 02Z. IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 11Z...BEFORE FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS AREA IMPROVING CIGS AND VISBIES. WITH STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING OVER AREA THINK THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD AND WILL INCLUDE IN BOT TERMINALS. JRM && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 17, 2:10 PM CDT, 7 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 110 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-181900- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 110 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011 /210 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITY...WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS HAVING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF A BENKELMAN TO LEOTI LINE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TONIGHT THE ENTIRE TRI- STATE AREA WILL HAVE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND CANNOT BE RULED OUT DURING THE EVENING. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING A TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 17, 6:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
535 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 5 NNE STRATTON 39.37N 102.57W
09/17/2011 KIT CARSON CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAYED A REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF FUNNEL
CLOUD. NO DISTANCE WAS REPORTED. DISTANCE FROM STRATTON
CO IS A RADAR ESTIMATE.
&&
050Local storm report, Sep 17, 6:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
543 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM HAIL 12 N VONA 39.47N 102.74W
09/17/2011 E0.88 INCH KIT CARSON CO PUBLIC
&&
050Local storm report, Sep 17, 6:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
548 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0545 PM HAIL 12 SSW JOES 39.49N 102.78W
09/17/2011 E0.88 INCH KIT CARSON CO PUBLIC
&&
050Special weather statement, Sep 17, 7:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 642 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011 COZ091-180145- KIT CARSON COUNTY- 642 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... AT 637 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLARKVILLE TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COPE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. && LAT...LON 3923 10208 3910 10231 3928 10248 3937 10234 TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 268DEG 27KT 4040 10256 3959 10291 ROBINSON
Local storm report, Sep 17, 9:54 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
854 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM HAIL 17 S SEIBERT 39.06N 102.86W
09/17/2011 E0.75 INCH KIT CARSON CO PUBLIC
THE PUBLIC ALSO REPORTED A HAIL DEPTH OF AT LEAST ONE
INCH.
0445 PM HAIL 9 SSW JOES 39.53N 102.74W
09/17/2011 E1.00 INCH KIT CARSON CO PUBLIC
0457 PM HAIL 10 SSW KIRK 39.48N 102.66W
09/17/2011 E1.75 INCH KIT CARSON CO PUBLIC
0527 PM HAIL 5 N STRATTON 39.38N 102.60W
09/17/2011 E1.75 INCH KIT CARSON CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORT RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OF 2 REPORTS OF GOLF
BALL SIZED HAIL.
0530 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 5 NNE STRATTON 39.37N 102.57W
09/17/2011 KIT CARSON CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAYED A REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF FUNNEL
CLOUD. NO DISTANCE WAS REPORTED. DISTANCE FROM STRATTON
CO IS A RADAR ESTIMATE.
0540 PM HAIL 12 N VONA 39.47N 102.74W
09/17/2011 E0.88 INCH KIT CARSON CO PUBLIC
0545 PM HAIL 12 SSW JOES 39.49N 102.78W
09/17/2011 E0.88 INCH KIT CARSON CO PUBLIC
&&
050Special weather statement, Sep 17, 10:02 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
902 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2011
COZ092-KSZ027-028-180330-
CHEYENNE COUNTY-LOGAN-WALLACE-
1002 PM CDT SAT SEP 17 2011
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...LOGAN
COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS...
AT 1000 PM CDT/900 PM MDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES
WEST OF RUSSELL SPRINGS TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3868 10234 3887 10228 3901 10138 3900 10082
3871 10082
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 270DEG 19KT 3893 10133 3868 10221
ROBINSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 39 min |
| Sep 17, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 68 min |
| Sep 17, 10:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 28 min |
| Sep 17, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 18 min |
| Sep 17, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 33 min |
| Sep 17, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 28 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.