Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2011, 11:45 AM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 45 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 24, 2011, 11:45 AM MDT (17:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 12:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Cheyenne County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 996 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
845
WUUS53 KGLD 241745
SVRGLD
COC017-241830-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0039.110524T1745Z-110524T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1145 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1230 PM MDT
* AT 1143 AM MDT...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
SOUTH OF FIRSTVIEW...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FIRSTVIEW.
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 3891 10272 3894 10248 3863 10240 3861 10248
3861 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 158DEG 19KT 3869 10252
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
ROBINSON3 follow-up statements
824
WWUS53 KGLD 241751
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1151 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
COC017-241830-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110524T1830Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
1151 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
CHEYENNE COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM MDT...
AT 1147 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES SOUTH OF FIRSTVIEW...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FIRSTVIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 3891 10272 3894 10248 3863 10240 3861 10248
3861 10259
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 158DEG 19KT 3872 10254
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN
$$
ROBINSON310 WWUS53 KGLD 241810 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1210 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011 COC017-241830- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110524T1830Z/ CHEYENNE CO- 1210 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY UNTIL 1230 PM MDT... AT 1208 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FIRSTVIEW...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... FIRSTVIEW. 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 3868 10242 3867 10261 3891 10272 3894 10248 TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 163DEG 12KT 3878 10254 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.50IN $$ ROBINSON
033 WWUS53 KGLD 241826 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1226 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011 COC017-241837- /O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110524T1830Z/ CHEYENNE CO- 1226 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 PM MDT/130 PM CDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3868 10242 3867 10261 3891 10272 3894 10248 TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 163DEG 12KT 3883 10256 $$ ROBINSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 67 min |
| May 23, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 58 min |
| May 23, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 62 min |
| May 23, 8:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 4 hr |
| May 24, 12:38 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 37 min |
| May 24, 1:00 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 31 min |
| May 24, 11:22 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 22 hr |
| May 24, 11:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 32 min |
| May 24, 12:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 32 min |
| May 24, 12:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 43 min |
| May 24, 1:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 23 min |
| May 24, 1:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 21 min |
| May 24, 1:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 16 min |
| May 24, 1:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
| May 24, 1:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 6 hr |
| May 24, 1:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 41 min |
| May 24, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 24 min |
| May 24, 2:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 33 min |
| May 24, 2:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 23 min |
| May 24, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 65 min |
| May 24, 2:42 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 6 hr |
| May 24, 2:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 28 min |
| May 24, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 57 min |
| May 24, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 39 min |
| May 24, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 41 min |
| May 24, 4:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.