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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2011, 7:36 PM CDT for Decatur County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 14 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, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2011, 7:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Decatur County, KS, Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
661 WFUS53 KGLD 210036 TORGLD KSC039-179-210130- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0044.110621T0036Z-110621T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 736 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 733 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JENNINGS...AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JENNINGS...DRESDEN AND LEOVILLE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 98. 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 3944 10018 3945 10055 3986 10050 3983 10019 TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 003DEG 11KT 3971 10031 HAIL 1.00IN $$ ROBINSON
1 follow-up statement
016 WWUS53 KGLD 210050 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 650 PM MDT MON JUN 20 2011 KSC039-179-210100- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110621T0130Z/ SHERIDAN KS-DECATUR KS- 750 PM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3944 10018 3945 10055 3986 10050 3983 10019 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 003DEG 11KT 3967 10031 $$ ROBINSON
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 | Cheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 10 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 65 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 |
| Jun 21, 12:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan | 4 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:47 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 15 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.