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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Goodland, KS

June 19, 2011Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 7:59 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 61 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, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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 19, 8:20 PM CDTTORNADO7 Nnw Mccook, NEMULTIPLE TORNADOES REPORTED

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
Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1727 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
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

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The text

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

918 
WFUS53 KGLD 200059
TORGLD
NEC087-145-200200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0027.110620T0059Z-110620T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
759 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
  NORTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A CONFIRMED TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CULBERTSON. DOPPLER RADAR
  SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK AND NORTHERN RED
  WILLOW COUNTIES.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 68 AND 110.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 19 AND 26.

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 4027 10019 4024 10098 4035 10103 4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 270DEG 27KT 4031 10089
HAIL 1.00IN
$$

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2 follow-up statements
144 
WWUS53 KGLD 200113
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
713 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011

NEC087-145-200200-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110620T0200Z/
HITCHCOCK NE-RED WILLOW NE-
813 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RED WILLOW AND
NORTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CULBERTSON...AND WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 25.

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 10087 4035 10020 4027 10019 4025 10086
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 266DEG 28KT 4033 10074
HAIL 1.00IN
$$

024
212 
WWUS53 KGLD 200129
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
729 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011

NEC087-200138-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110620T0200Z/
HITCHCOCK NE-
829 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4027 10019 4025 10076 4035 10076 4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 266DEG 28KT 4031 10062
$$

NEC145-200200-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110620T0200Z/
RED WILLOW NE-
829 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY
UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 825 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF MCCOOK...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

MULTIPLE BRIEF TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED BY STORM CHASERS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 25.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
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 4027 10019 4025 10076 4035 10076 4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 266DEG 28KT 4031 10062
HAIL 1.00IN
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDHitchcock47 min
Jun 19, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDRed Willow59 min
Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDRed Willow54 min
Jun 19, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock52 min
Jun 19, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow43 min
Jun 20, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow37 min
Jun 20, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy55 min
Jun 20, 3:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchGLDDundy, Hitchcock17 hr
Jun 20, 11:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow58 min
Jun 20, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow56 min
Jun 20, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock51 min
Jun 20, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy33 min
Jun 20, 3:16 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow104 min
Jun 20, 4:10 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock3 hr
Jun 20, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDRed Willow1 min
Jun 20, 6:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow65 min
Jun 20, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDRed Willow65 min
Jun 20, 6:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow6 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.