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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Goodland, KS

June 20, 2011Decatur County, Norton County, Kansas; Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2011, 6:25 PM CDT for Decatur County, Norton County, Kansas; Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 65 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, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2011, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Decatur County, KS, Norton County, KS, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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, 6:25 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 Ne Norcatur, KS
Jun 20, 6:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 E Norcatur, KS	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS 2 TORNADOES...1 TORNADO 1.5 MI EAST OF NORCATUR, THE OTHER TORNADO 1 MI NORTH OF NORCATUR
Jun 20, 6:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Nw Reager, KS

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, 1:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

502 
WFUS53 KGLD 202325
TORGLD
KSC039-137-NEC145-210030-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0041.110620T2325Z-110621T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
625 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 620 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 5 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF NORCATUR. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING
  NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEBANON.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 103.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. 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 10017 3984 10055 4016 10021 4016 10019
      4001 10019 4000 9989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 126DEG 6KT 3994 10017
HAIL <.75IN
$$

ROBINSON

1 follow-up statement

178 
WWUS53 KGLD 202345
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
545 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2011

KSC039-137-NEC145-210030-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110621T0030Z/
NORTON KS-DECATUR KS-RED WILLOW NE-
645 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW...
NORTHEASTERN DECATUR AND NORTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM
CDT...

AT 639 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF REAGER...AND WAS MOVING WEST
AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEBANON.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 103.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. 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 10017 3984 10055 4016 10021 4016 10019
      4001 10019 4000 9989
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 096DEG 6KT 3994 10018
HAIL <.75IN
$$

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, 5:02 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, 6:49 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
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, 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, 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, 2:44 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, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	65 min

Nearby

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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.