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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 2011Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 4:10 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 4:15 PM CDTHAIL 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, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

098 
WFUS53 KGLD 242110
TORGLD
KSC023-181-242145-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0015.110524T2110Z-110524T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT/445 PM CDT/

* AT 306 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF RULETON...AND WAS MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN CHEYENNE AND NORTHERN
  SHERMAN COUNTIES.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 192.

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 3971 10158 3947 10141 3934 10191 3953 10202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 240DEG 22KT 3947 10184
HAIL 1.00IN
$$

ROBINSON
1 follow-up statement
125 
WWUS53 KGLD 242124
SVSGLD

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

KSC023-181-242145-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110524T2145Z/
SHERMAN KS-CHEYENNE KS-
324 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHEYENNE AND
NORTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT/445 PM CDT/...

AT 319 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND...AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME SOUTHERN CHEYENNE AND NORTHERN
  SHERMAN COUNTIES.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 192.

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 3971 10158 3947 10141 3938 10179 3956 10196
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 240DEG 22KT 3951 10175
HAIL 1.00IN
$$

ROBINSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas55 min
May 23, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan57 min
May 23, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman60 min
May 23, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove44 min
May 23, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne37 min
May 24, 2:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita23 min
May 24, 2:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan32 min
May 24, 3:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita19 min
May 24, 3:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan27 min
May 24, 4:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan28 min
May 24, 4:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove26 min
May 24, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove30 min
May 24, 12:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more22 hr
May 24, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman22 min
May 24, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman23 min
May 24, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace37 min
May 24, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace65 min
May 24, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley32 min
May 24, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman28 min
May 24, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace18 min
May 24, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman37 min
May 24, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas57 min
May 24, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman and 2 more62 min
May 24, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas18 min
May 24, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas41 min
May 24, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins38 min
May 24, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita48 min
May 24, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins60 min
May 24, 5:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman3 hr
May 24, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.