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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2011, 1:26 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 64 min. 7 reports 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 20, 2011, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:26 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 20, 1:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | Morland, KS | |
| Jun 20, 1:35 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Morland, KS | BASEBALL SIZE HAIL MIXED WITH GOLFBALLS. HAIL STORM PERSISTED FOR 10 MIN. |
| Jun 20, 1:40 PM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Morland, KS | BASEBALL SIZE HAIL LARGEST SIZE IN YARD. MOSTLY GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL. HAIL STORM LASTED FOR 10 MIN. |
| Jun 20, 1:55 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 S Edmond, KS | 2 TORNADOES MOVING EAST CROSSING HWY 283 AT THIS TIME. |
| Jun 20, 1:57 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 8 N Penokee, KS | WINDOWS ALL GONE ON WEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60MPH. |
| Jun 20, 2:00 PM CDT | TORNADO | 9 N Hill City, KS | LARGE TORNADO NOW BEING REPORT NEAR HWY 283. |
| Jun 20, 2:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 N Hill City, KS | MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN. |
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 20, 8:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 570 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
957 WFUS53 KGLD 201826 TORGLD KSC039-065-137-179-201930- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0033.110620T1826Z-110620T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 126 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 230 PM CDT * AT 121 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STUDLEY...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MORLAND...PENOKEE...HILL CITY...NEW ALMELO...LENORA AND CLAYTON. 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 3976 10020 3953 9964 3916 10006 3930 10042 TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 209DEG 26KT 3932 10011 HAIL 1.25IN $$ PMURRAY/LOCKHART
2 follow-up statements
121 WWUS53 KGLD 201846 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1246 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 KSC039-065-137-179-201930- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110620T1930Z/ SHERIDAN KS-NORTON KS-DECATUR KS-GRAHAM KS- 146 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN GRAHAM... SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR...SOUTHWESTERN NORTON AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 144 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORLAND...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW ALMELO...LENORA AND CLAYTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3945 10033 3976 10020 3953 9964 3931 9989 TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 209DEG 26KT 3945 10002 HAIL 2.75IN $$ PMURRAY/LOCKHART
263 WWUS53 KGLD 201918 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 118 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 KSC039-065-179-201928- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110620T1930Z/ SHERIDAN KS-DECATUR KS-GRAHAM KS- 218 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRAHAM...SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3958 10016 3974 10017 3957 9974 TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 209DEG 26KT 3965 9987 $$ KSC137-201930- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110620T1930Z/ NORTON KS- 218 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM CDT... AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EDMOND...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3958 10016 3974 10017 3957 9974 TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 209DEG 26KT 3965 9987 HAIL 2.75IN $$ PMURRAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 12:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 3:48 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Cheyenne | 17 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 6:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace | 39 min |
| Jun 20, 6:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Thomas, Wallace | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 7:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 7:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 64 min |
| Jun 20, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan, Thomas | 67 min |
| Jun 20, 8:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Wallace | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 9:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 47 min |
| Jun 20, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 59 min |
| Jun 20, 9:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 26 min |
| Jun 20, 10:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 10:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 11:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 58 min |
| Jun 20, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 52 min |
| Jun 20, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 30 min |
| Jun 20, 1:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 27 min |
| Jun 20, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 18 min |
| Jun 20, 3:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan, Thomas | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 31 min |
| Jun 20, 4:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 35 min |
| Jun 20, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 17 min |
| Jun 20, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 63 min |
| Jun 20, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 1 min |
| Jun 20, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 60 min |
| Jun 20, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 6:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 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.