Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 56, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 6, 2011, 8:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
- Oct 6, 2011, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2011, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Logan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 2886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
576 WFUS53 KGLD 070141 TORGLD KSC109-181-193-199-070215- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0056.111007T0141Z-111007T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 741 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/ * AT 736 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR SHARON SPRINGS. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADIC STORM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EDSON AND BREWSTER. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 38. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 147. 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 10153 3934 10127 3887 10155 3888 10179 TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 205DEG 47KT 3895 10167 HAIL 1.25IN $$ 050
2 follow-up statements
172 WWUS53 KGLD 070159 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 759 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 KSC109-181-193-199-070215- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-111007T0215Z/ THOMAS KS-SHERMAN KS-LOGAN KS-WALLACE KS- 759 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN WALLACE... NORTHWESTERN LOGAN...SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN AND SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/... AT 754 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF WALLACE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EDSON AND BREWSTER. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 38. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3906 10145 3906 10171 3944 10153 3934 10127 TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 205DEG 47KT 3915 10153 HAIL 1.25IN $$ 050
608 WWUS53 KGLD 070210 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 810 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 KSC109-181-193-199-070220- /O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-111007T0215Z/ THOMAS KS-SHERMAN KS-LOGAN KS-WALLACE KS- 810 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WALLACE...NORTHWESTERN LOGAN...SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN AND WEST CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 3906 10145 3906 10171 3944 10153 3934 10127 TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 205DEG 47KT 3929 10144 $$ 050
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 20 min |
| Oct 6, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 21 min |
| Oct 6, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 29 min |
| Oct 6, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 23 min |
| Oct 6, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 34 min |
| Oct 6, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 35 min |
| Oct 6, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 36 min |
| Oct 6, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 24 min |
| Oct 6, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Sheridan | 40 min |
| Oct 7, 12:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 36 min |
| Oct 7, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 13 min |
| Oct 7, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 20 min |
| Oct 7, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 8 min |
| Oct 7, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 19 min |
| Oct 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 12 min |
| Oct 7, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 24 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.