Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2011, 2:03 PM CDT for Graham County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2:15 PM CDT | TORNADO | 7 Sse Norton, KS | PUBLIC AT 7 MILES SOUTH OF NORTON VIEWING TORNADO TO HIS/HER EAST. |
| Jun 20, 2:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 N Hill City, KS | MULTIPLE POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jun 20, 2:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ssw Calvert, KS | TRAINED SPOTTER LOCATED 6 N NORTON REPORTING SMALLER TORNADO OUT AHEAD OF MAIN TORNADO LOOKING TO SOUTHEAST. |
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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 184 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.
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WFUS53 KGLD 201903
TORGLD
KSC065-137-201930-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0034.110620T1903Z-110620T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
203 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
* AT 158 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER
RADAR WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO 9 MILES
NORTH OF HILL CITY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDMOND...DENSMORE...CALVERT AND ALMENA.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 127.
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 3934 9984 3954 10016 3957 10016 3957 10018
3964 10018 4000 9963 3957 9962 3957 9960
3953 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 226DEG 31KT 3953 9981
HAIL 2.75IN
$$
PMURRAY/LOCKHART1 follow-up statement
481
WWUS53 KGLD 201919
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
119 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2011
KSC065-201929-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110620T1930Z/
GRAHAM KS-
219 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3957 9962 3958 9977 3963 10011 3969 10010
4000 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 226DEG 31KT 3962 9968
$$
KSC137-201930-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-110620T1930Z/
NORTON KS-
219 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN 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 DENSMORE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO BASEBALL SIZE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CALVERT AND ALMENA.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 127.
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 3957 9962 3958 9977 3963 10011 3969 10010
4000 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 226DEG 31KT 3962 9968
HAIL 2.75IN
$$
PMURRAY/LOCKHARTThe 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, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 64 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, 2:09 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.