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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2011, 5:02 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2011, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 5:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
235 WFUS53 KGLD 202202 TORGLD KSC179-202300- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0037.110620T2202Z-110620T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 502 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOXIE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TASCO. 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 3956 10033 3932 10018 3925 10049 3941 10059 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 252DEG 4KT 3936 10044 HAIL 1.00IN $$ ROBINSON
2 follow-up statements
547 WWUS53 KGLD 202209 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 409 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 KSC179-202300- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110620T2300Z/ SHERIDAN KS- 509 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HOXIE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TASCO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3956 10033 3932 10018 3928 10037 3940 10054 TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 249DEG 5KT 3938 10038 HAIL 1.00IN $$ ROBINSON
300 WWUS53 KGLD 202219 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 419 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 KSC179-202229- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110620T2300Z/ SHERIDAN KS- 519 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 3956 10033 3932 10018 3928 10037 3940 10054 TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 249DEG 5KT 3938 10036 $$ ROBINSON
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, 1:26 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, 2:03 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, 5:18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.