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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 3, 1989, 3:08 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1989, 3:08 PM MDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1989, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wallace County, KS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 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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TTAA00 KGLD 032108
TORGLD
KSC199-032145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
308 PM MDT WED MAY 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
WALLACE
AT 3 PM MDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ALONG THE SHERMAN...WALLACE
COUNTY LINE 15 MILES SOUTH OF GOODLeAND. MOVEMENT IS
SOUTHEAST 25MPH.
THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND AND CAUSING DAMAGE. ALL PERSONS NEAR
THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED
SHELTER.
MYERSWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 3, 1:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
KSZ004-007-032100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 150 PM MDT WED MAY 3 1989 AT 150PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG THE KANSAS... NEBRASKA BORDER NORTH OF A LINE FROM ATWOOD TO OBERLIN TO NORTON. THIS IS 50 TO 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND. THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST 20 MPH AND HAVE NOW TURNED AND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 20MPH. THIS WILL PLACE THE HEAVIER STORMS BETWEEN OBERLIN AND NORTON BETWEEN 2 AND 3PM MDT. PRESENTLY THE HEAVIEST STORMS ARE IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN DANBURY AND CAMBRIDGE. MYERS
Special weather statement, May 3, 2:27 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
KSZ004-007-032130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 223 PM MDT WED MAY 3 1989 AT 223PM MDT THUNDERSTORMS 25 TO 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM COLBY NORTHEAST TO OBERLIN THEN EAST TO NORTON. SOME SMALL HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THE STRONGER STORM CENTERS. THE HEAVIEST STORMS ARE BETWEEN OBERLIN AND NORTON...IN THE NORCATUR AND SEBILIUS RESERVOIR AREAS... OTHER THAN THE HEAVY STORM AREA THE REMAINDER WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE PHILLIPSBURG AREA BY 3PM MDT. THE RAIN SHOULD BE OVER IN THE ATWOOD AND OBERLIN AREAS BY 3PM MDT. MYERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 55 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.