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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 2011Sherman County, Kansas; Kit Carson County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 2:47 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas; Kit Carson County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2011, 2:47 PM MDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 24, 2:51 PM MDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 W Ruleton, KSFUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED ABOUT 1/4 OF THE WAY DOWN FROM CLOUD BASE.
May 24, 3:15 PM MDTHAIL 0.757 N Ruleton, KSESTIMATED 40-50 MPH WIND GUSTS ALSO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 12:27 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

496 
WFUS53 KGLD 242047
TORGLD
COC063-KSC181-242115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0013.110524T2047Z-110524T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
247 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
  NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 243 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KANORADO...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RULETON.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 8.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3955 10189 3936 10176 3928 10208 3943 10212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 239DEG 22KT 3939 10201
HAIL 1.00IN
$$

ROBINSON
1 follow-up statement
560 
WWUS53 KGLD 242057
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
257 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011

COC063-KSC181-242115-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110524T2115Z/
KIT CARSON CO-SHERMAN KS-
257 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN AND
EAST CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT...

AT 256 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RULETON...AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3955 10189 3936 10176 3928 10208 3943 10212
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 239DEG 22KT 3942 10194
HAIL 1.00IN
$$

ROBINSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas55 min
May 23, 6:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan57 min
May 23, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman60 min
May 23, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove44 min
May 23, 8:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne37 min
May 24, 1:22 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita23 min
May 24, 1:58 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan32 min
May 24, 2:17 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita19 min
May 24, 2:48 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan27 min
May 24, 3:17 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan28 min
May 24, 3:49 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove26 min
May 24, 4:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove30 min
May 24, 11:22 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more22 hr
May 24, 1:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman22 min
May 24, 2:22 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman23 min
May 24, 2:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace37 min
May 24, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace65 min
May 24, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley32 min
May 24, 2:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace18 min
May 24, 2:53 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman37 min
May 24, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas57 min
May 24, 3:10 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman35 min
May 24, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman and 2 more62 min
May 24, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas18 min
May 24, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas41 min
May 24, 4:07 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins38 min
May 24, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita48 min
May 24, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins60 min
May 24, 4:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman3 hr
May 24, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas23 min
May 23, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma67 min
May 23, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma58 min
May 23, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma62 min
May 23, 8:18 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma4 hr
May 24, 12:38 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson37 min
May 24, 1:00 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson31 min
May 24, 11:28 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne32 min
May 24, 11:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne45 min
May 24, 12:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne32 min
May 24, 12:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne43 min
May 24, 1:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson23 min
May 24, 1:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne21 min
May 24, 1:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne16 min
May 24, 1:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson32 min
May 24, 1:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma6 hr
May 24, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma41 min
May 24, 2:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson24 min
May 24, 2:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson33 min
May 24, 2:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson, Yuma6 hr
May 24, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.