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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 2011, 10:35 PM CDT for Decatur County, Norton County, Kansas; Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 16 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
- Jul 2, 2011, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2011, 10:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 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), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 839 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
431
WFUS53 KGLD 030335
TORGLD
KSC039-137-NEC145-030430-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0047.110703T0335Z-110703T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1035 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 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 1130 PM CDT
* AT 1032 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CEDAR BLUFFS...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DANBURY AND LEBANON.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 83 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 215 AND 225.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3985 10053 4001 10064 4017 10019 4001 10018
4000 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 250DEG 29KT 3998 10046
HAIL 1.25IN
$$
FOLTZ2 follow-up statements
067
WWUS53 KGLD 030343
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
943 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011
KSC039-137-NEC145-030430-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110703T0430Z/
NORTON KS-DECATUR KS-RED WILLOW NE-
1043 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW...
NORTHEASTERN DECATUR AND NORTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM
CDT...
AT 1041 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DANBURY...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEBANON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. ADDITIONALLY...TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT.
TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3987 10044 4005 10054 4017 10019 4001 10018
4000 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 250DEG 29KT 4000 10039
HAIL <.75IN
$$
FOLTZ512
WWUS53 KGLD 030351
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
951 PM MDT SAT JUL 2 2011
KSC039-137-NEC145-030401-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110703T0430Z/
NORTON KS-DECATUR KS-RED WILLOW NE-
1051 PM CDT SAT JUL 2 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW...NORTHEASTERN
DECATUR AND NORTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTIES 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 3987 10044 4005 10054 4017 10019 4001 10018
4000 9990
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 250DEG 29KT 4002 10031
$$
FOLTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 8:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 8:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Sherman | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 55 min |
| Jul 2, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 21 min |
| Jul 2, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 50 min |
| Jul 2, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 11:05 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 98 min |
| Jul 2, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 36 min |
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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.