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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 2011Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 5:07 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 38 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, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2011, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

704 
WFUS53 KGLD 242207
TORGLD
KSC023-153-NEC057-087-242245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0016.110524T2207Z-110524T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  WESTERN RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
  WESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT/445 PM MDT/

* AT 505 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
  DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STRATTON
  NE TO 7 MILES EAST OF HALE...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STRATTON NE...MAX...BENKELMAN...PARKS AND HAIGLER.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 56.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 50.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 189 AND 226.

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 3962 10110 3958 10204 4024 10204 4030 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 185DEG 27KT 4011 10123 3967 10199
HAIL <.75IN
$$

ROBINSON
1 follow-up statement
828 
WWUS53 KGLD 242242
SVSGLD

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

KSC023-153-NEC057-087-242252-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110524T2245Z/
RAWLINS KS-CHEYENNE KS-DUNDY NE-HITCHCOCK NE-
542 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN HITCHCOCK...DUNDY...CHEYENNE AND
WESTERN RAWLINS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM MDT/545 PM CDT/...

THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR
PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE AREA.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A TORNADO 
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 3962 10110 3958 10204 4024 10204 4030 10109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 185DEG 27KT 4037 10120 3993 10196
$$

JRM

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, 4:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman35 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, 5:14 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
May 23, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock23 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.