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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Goodland, KS

May 15, 1991Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1991, 7:32 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 1991, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1991, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 7:35 PM CDTHail 0.75Sherman, KS
May 15, 8:05 PM CDTHail 0.75Sherman, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 255 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1991-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1991-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
973 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What 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 15, 4:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
KSZ001-002-152230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
323 PM MDT (423 PM CDT) WED MAY 15 1991

..TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR LARGE PART OF WESTERN
KANSAS..

AT 415 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHWEST KANSAS IN SCOTT COUNTY..ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN
CITY..AND OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WALLACE AND LOGAN
COUNTY..20 TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND.

THE STORM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND..SHOWED THE POTENTIAL FOR
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH AND PERSONS IN EASTERN
SHERMAN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

DORSEY
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
KSZ001-002-152230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
323 PM MDT (423 PM CDT) WED MAY 15 1991

..TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR LARGE PART OF WESTERN
KANSAS..

AT 415 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTHWEST KANSAS IN SCOTT COUNTY..ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN
CITY..AND OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WALLACE AND LOGAN
COUNTY..20 TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND.

cTHE STORM 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND..SHOWED THE POTENTIAL FOR
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH AND PERSONS IN EASTERN
SHERMAN COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

DORSEY
Special weather statement, May 15, 5:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
KSZ001-002-152315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
420 PM MDT (520 PM CDT) WED MAY 15 1991

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM CDT FOR LARGE PART OF WESTERN
KANSAS...

AT 515 PM CDT..RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN
KANSAS IN AN AREA 25 MILES WIDE THAT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN SCOTT
COUNTY..30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARDEN CITY..TO WESTERN CHEYENNE
COUNTY..30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER
NORTHEAST WICHITA COUNTY..55 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND AND IN
NORTHWEST SHERMAN COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO
THE NORTH AT 20 MPH.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Scott57 min
May 15, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas57 min
May 15, 9:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNess67 min
May 15, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur63 min
May 16, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRooks68 min
May 16, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham57 min
May 16, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDEllis55 min
May 16, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne54 min
May 16, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDEllis, Rush55 min
May 16, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita59 min
May 16, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Ness60 min
May 16, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRush60 min
May 16, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDKit Carson33 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.