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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2011, 8:36 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 54 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, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.
941 WFUS53 KGLD 200136 TORGLD NEC145-200230- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0029.110620T0136Z-110620T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 836 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 833 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MCCOOK. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... INDIANOLA. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 84 AND 101. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 19. 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 4025 10020 4005 10020 4015 10068 4025 10068 TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 266DEG 28KT 4019 10060 HAIL 1.00IN $$ 024
3 follow-up statements
098 WWUS53 KGLD 200200 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 800 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NEC145-200230- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110620T0230Z/ RED WILLOW NE- 900 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INDIANOLA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. MULTIPLE TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF INDIANOLA. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 101. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 4017 10054 4025 10052 4025 10020 4008 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 266DEG 28KT 4025 10035 HAIL 1.00IN $$ 024
462 WWUS53 KGLD 200216 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 816 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NEC145-200230- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110620T0230Z/ RED WILLOW NE- 916 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST RED WILLOW COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM CDT... AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF BARTLEY...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEAST RED WILLOW 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 4016 10038 4025 10037 4025 10020 4012 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 266DEG 28KT 4026 10020 HAIL 1.00IN $$ 024
220 WWUS53 KGLD 200228 RRA SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 828 PM MDT SUN JUN 19 2011 NEC145-200238- /O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110620T0230Z/ RED WILLOW NE- 928 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RED WILLOW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM MDT/930 PM CDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT. LAT...LON 4016 10038 4025 10037 4025 10020 4012 10020 TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 266DEG 28KT 4027 10007 $$ 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, 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, 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.