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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 8:31 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 59 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, 8:31 PM CDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 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, 8:57 PM CDT | TORNADO | Indianola, 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.
481
WFUS53 KGLD 200131
TORGLD
NEC145-200230-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0028.110620T0131Z-110620T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
831 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 829 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES
NORTH OF MCCOOK. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANOLA AND BARTLEY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 110.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 26.
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 4032 10019 4016 10019 4022 10068 4035 10068
4036 10058 4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 266DEG 28KT 4028 10059
HAIL 1.25IN
$$
0243 follow-up statements
310
WWUS53 KGLD 200150
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
750 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NEC145-200230-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110620T0230Z/
RED WILLOW NE-
850 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN RED WILLOW
COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
INDIANOLA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANOLA AND BARTLEY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 110.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4021 10055 4034 10056 4035 10020 4032 10019
4016 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 266DEG 28KT 4026 10044
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
024148
WWUS53 KGLD 200209
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
809 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NEC145-200230-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110620T0230Z/
RED WILLOW NE-
909 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN RED WILLOW
COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT...
AT 907 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARTLEY...
AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 110.
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 4019 10043 4034 10041 4035 10020 4032 10019
4016 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 266DEG 28KT 4025 10028
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
JERRYK635
WWUS53 KGLD 200228
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
828 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011
NEC145-200238-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110620T0230Z/
RED WILLOW NE-
928 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 830 PM MDT/930 PM CDT/...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 4019 10043 4034 10041 4035 10020 4032 10019
4016 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 266DEG 28KT 4026 10010
$$
024The 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, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 61 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.