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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2012, 5:59 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 27 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 2, 2012, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2012, 6:26 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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 2, 6:10 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 S Sharon Springs, KS | HEAVY RAIN, 55-60 MPH WIND GUSTS. LIGHTNING STARTED GRASSFIRES. TREE BRANCHES ACROSS THE ROAD. VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE. NICKEL SIZE HAIL. |
| Jun 2, 6:11 PM MDT | TSTM WND DMG | 23 Sw Goodland, KS | NUMEROUS FRUIT AND CHINESE ELM TREES DAMAGED. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Jun 2, 6:19 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 10 S Sharon Springs, 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 2, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS53 KGLD 022359
TORGLD
COC017-KSC071-199-030045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0011.120602T2359Z-120603T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
559 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM MDT
* AT 557 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF WEAK
TORNADOES. THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESKAN TO ARAPAHOE TO 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SHERIDAN LAKE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESKAN AND SHARON SPRINGS.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 156.
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 3861 10205 3861 10228 3881 10221 3905 10218
3905 10205 3914 10205 3913 10155 3882 10163
3858 10172 3857 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 272DEG 40KT 3903 10203 3882 10207
3860 10211
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
0242 follow-up statements
819
WWUS53 KGLD 030016
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
616 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
COC017-030026-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120603T0045Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
616 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 3913 10205 3913 10155 3882 10163 3858 10172
3857 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 272DEG 40KT 3907 10183 3893 10171
3863 10167
$$
KSC071-199-030045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120603T0045Z/
GREELEY KS-WALLACE KS-
616 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WALLACE AND NORTHWESTERN
GREELEY COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT...
AT 611 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF WEAK TORNADOES.
THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14
MILES NORTHWEST OF SHARON SPRINGS TO SHARON SPRINGS TO 11 MILES
NORTH OF HORACE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN WALLACE COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 156.
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 3913 10205 3913 10155 3882 10163 3858 10172
3857 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 272DEG 40KT 3907 10183 3893 10171
3863 10167
HAIL 1.00IN
$$
024889
WWUS53 KGLD 030026
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
626 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
KSC071-199-030034-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120603T0045Z/
GREELEY KS-WALLACE KS-
626 PM MDT SAT JUN 2 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WALLACE AND NORTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WALLACE AND NORTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
AREA UNTIL 645 PM MDT. NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH
WALLACE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 3913 10205 3913 10155 3882 10163 3858 10172
3857 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 272DEG 40KT 3906 10171 3892 10160
3862 10156
$$
024The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 5:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 5:20 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 40 min |
| Jun 2, 5:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.