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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2011, 7:10 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska; Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Decatur County, KS, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
906
WFUS53 KGLD 210010
TORGLD
KSC039-NEC145-210115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0043.110621T0010Z-110621T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
710 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
* AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HOLBROOK
TO KANONA...AND WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OBERLIN...LEBANON...DANBURY...TRAER...CEDAR BLUFFS...BARTLEY...
INDIANOLA AND MCCOOK.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 110.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 93.
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 3995 10018 3967 10042 3998 10074 4000 10074
4001 10076 4008 10076 4036 10051 4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 153DEG 17KT 4025 10004 3983 10042
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
0502 follow-up statements
880
WWUS53 KGLD 210030
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
730 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
KSC039-NEC145-210115-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110621T0115Z/
DECATUR KS-RED WILLOW NE-
730 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RED WILLOW AND
NORTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT...
AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THESE
DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CAMBRIDGE
TO OBERLIN...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OBERLIN...DANBURY...BARTLEY...INDIANOLA...CEDAR BLUFFS...TRAER AND
MCCOOK.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 86 AND 110.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 78 AND 93.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3995 10018 3967 10042 3998 10074 4000 10074
4001 10076 4008 10076 4036 10051 4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 056DEG 25KT 4030 10013 3988 10050
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
050955 WWUS53 KGLD 210048 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 648 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 KSC039-NEC145-210115- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-110621T0115Z/ DECATUR KS-RED WILLOW NE- 748 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN RED WILLOW AND NORTH CENTRAL DECATUR COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM CDT... AT 745 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BARTLEY...LEBANON AND DANBURY. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 110. 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 3990 10040 4012 10059 4035 10020 4002 10018 TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 056DEG 25KT 4016 10016 HAIL 1.00IN $$ 050
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 7:02 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 10 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 21 min |
| Jun 20, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 12:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:47 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 15 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 14 min |
| Jun 20, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 29 min |
| Jun 20, 9:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 8 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.