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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 5:50 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 39 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
- Jun 19, 2011, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 6:29 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Yuma County, CO, Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:04 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:10 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
514
WFUS53 KGLD 192350
TORGLD
COC125-NEC057-200045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0025.110619T2350Z-110620T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
550 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 645 PM MDT
* AT 549 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF ALVIN...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALVIN.
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 4044 10204 4035 10204 4035 10172 4013 10181
4016 10223 4045 10213 4045 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 207DEG 23KT 4023 10206
HAIL 1.25IN
$$
0242 follow-up statements
870
WWUS53 KGLD 200006
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
606 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
COC125-200016-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110620T0045Z/
YUMA CO-
606 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4035 10172 4013 10181 4015 10205 4029 10205
4035 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 236DEG 19KT 4024 10198
$$
NEC057-200045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110620T0045Z/
DUNDY NE-
606 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM MDT...
AT 601 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALVIN...AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN DUNDY 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 4035 10172 4013 10181 4015 10205 4029 10205
4035 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 236DEG 19KT 4024 10198
HAIL 1.25IN
$$
024640
WWUS53 KGLD 200029
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
629 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NEC057-200039-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110620T0045Z/
DUNDY NE-
629 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 4035 10172 4013 10181 4015 10205 4029 10205
4035 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 236DEG 19KT 4031 10185
$$
024The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 7:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 50 min |
| Jun 19, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 28 min |
| Jun 19, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 5:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 5:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 66 min |
| Jun 19, 5:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 66 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.