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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
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, 8:20 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Nnw Mccook, NE | MULTIPLE 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.
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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 $$ 024
2 follow-up statements
144 WWUS53 KGLD 200113 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 713 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NEC087-145-200200- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110620T0200Z/ HITCHCOCK NE-RED WILLOW NE- 813 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RED WILLOW AND NORTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CULBERTSON...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 25. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4035 10087 4035 10020 4027 10019 4025 10086 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 266DEG 28KT 4033 10074 HAIL 1.00IN $$ 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 $$ NEC145-200200- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-110620T0200Z/ RED WILLOW NE- 829 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 825 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF MCCOOK...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. MULTIPLE BRIEF TORNADOES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED BY STORM CHASERS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 20 AND 25. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4027 10019 4025 10076 4035 10076 4035 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 266DEG 28KT 4031 10062 HAIL 1.00IN $$ 024
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 47 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.