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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Goodland, KS

June 1, 2011Graham County, Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2011, 4:44 PM CDT for Graham County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 1, 2011, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2011, 5:14 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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
Jun 1, 4:57 PM CDTHAIL 0.888 Ssw Logan, KSHAIL COVERING GROUND AND STRONG WINDS.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1745 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 256 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

203 
WFUS53 KGLD 012144
TORGLD
KSC065-137-012230-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0017.110601T2144Z-110601T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
444 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 441 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MILES
  NORTH NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY
  TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DENSMORE.

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 3936 9963 3959 9990 3980 9963 3957 9962
      3956 9960 3946 9959 3938 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 231DEG 22KT 3957 9975
HAIL 1.25IN
$$

LOCKHART
2 follow-up statements
974 
WWUS53 KGLD 012204
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
404 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011

KSC065-137-012230-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110601T2230Z/
NORTON KS-GRAHAM KS-
504 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM AND
SOUTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF NICODEMUS...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY.

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 3936 9963 3952 9978 3967 9962 3957 9962
      3956 9960 3946 9959 3938 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 258DEG 16KT 3951 9962
HAIL 1.25IN
$$

LOCKHART
264 
WWUS53 KGLD 012214 RRA
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
414 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011

KSC065-137-012225-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110601T2230Z/
NORTON KS-GRAHAM KS-
514 PM CDT WED JUN 1 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN
NORTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 3936 9963 3952 9978 3967 9962 3957 9962
      3956 9960 3946 9959 3938 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 258DEG 16KT 3952 9956
$$

LOCKHART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton58 min
Jun 1, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton54 min
Jun 1, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham10 min
Jun 1, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton31 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.