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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 45 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
- Apr 12, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2012, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 6:33 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Trenton, NE | |
| Apr 12, 6:34 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 8 Ene Stratton Ne, NE | |
| Apr 12, 6:34 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 8 Ene Stratton Ne, NE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
852
WFUS53 KGLD 122330
TORGLD
NEC087-130015-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0003.120412T2330Z-120413T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
630 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STRATTON NE...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRENTON AND PALISADE.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 72.
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 4033 10079 4001 10110 4011 10129 4036 10111
4035 10085
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 213DEG 22KT 4014 10113
HAIL 1.75IN
$$
LOCKHART2 follow-up statements
781
WWUS53 KGLD 122337
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
537 PM MDT THU APR 12 2012
NEC087-130015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120413T0015Z/
HITCHCOCK NE-
637 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL HITCHCOCK COUNTY
UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 631 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF STRATTON NE...AND WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE DEVELOPING TORNADO...TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL WAS
ALSO REPORTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRENTON AND PALISADE.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 72.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4033 10079 4001 10110 4011 10129 4036 10111
4035 10085
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 213DEG 22KT 4017 10111
HAIL 2.50IN
$$
LOCKHART791
WWUS53 KGLD 122356
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
556 PM MDT THU APR 12 2012
NEC087-130015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120413T0015Z/
HITCHCOCK NE-
656 PM CDT THU APR 12 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY
UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 654 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD.
THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF TRENTON...AND WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE DEVELOPING TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO TENNIS BALL SIZE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PALISADE.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 72.
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 4021 10119 4035 10111 4035 10085 4033 10079
4014 10097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 213DEG 22KT 4027 10102
HAIL 2.50IN
$$
LOCKHARTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 66 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.