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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 7:25 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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 19, 2011, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 8:12 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:40 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 S Palisade, NE |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1727 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1157 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 17.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
041
WFUS53 KGLD 200025
TORGLD
NEC087-200130-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0026.110620T0025Z-110620T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
725 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
* AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A CONFIRMED TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAUNETA. DOPPLER RADAR
SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALISADE.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 72.
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 10076 4035 10087 4019 10088 4017 10132
4020 10133 4035 10132
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 236DEG 19KT 4030 10128
HAIL 1.50IN
$$
0243 follow-up statements
036
WWUS53 KGLD 200041
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
641 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NEC087-200130-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110620T0130Z/
HITCHCOCK NE-
741 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY
UNTIL 830 PM CDT...
AT 736 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF PALISADE...AND WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALISADE.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. RESIDENTS IN
AND NEAR PALISADE SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF
LIFE AND PROPERTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 54 AND 72.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4035 10076 4035 10087 4019 10088 4017 10132
4020 10133 4035 10132
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 236DEG 19KT 4029 10108
HAIL 1.25IN
$$
024812 WWUS53 KGLD 200049 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 649 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NEC087-200130- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110620T0130Z/ HITCHCOCK NE- 749 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HITCHCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM CDT... AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PALISADE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHERN HITCHCOCK 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 4024 10114 4035 10114 4035 10087 4022 10088 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 236DEG 19KT 4032 10102 HAIL 1.00IN $$ 024
367 WWUS53 KGLD 200112 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 712 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NEC087-200122- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110620T0130Z/ HITCHCOCK NE- 812 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HITCHCOCK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4024 10114 4035 10114 4035 10087 4022 10088 TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 236DEG 19KT 4038 10089 $$ 024
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 59 min |
| Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 37 min |
| Jun 20, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 17 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 12:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 3:16 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 104 min |
| Jun 20, 4:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 1 min |
| Jun 20, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 6:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 6 hr |
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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.