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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS

April 11, 1991Phillips County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 11, 1991, 9:31 PM CDT for Phillips County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 1991, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 11, 1991, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Phillips County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 183 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 120231
TORGLD
KSC147-120315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
931 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF KANSAS
      EASTERN PHILLIPS

AT 925 PM CDT..TORNADOS WERE REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN
NORTHEAST ROOKS COUNTY AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THESE
TORNADOS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST PHILLIPS COUNTY BEFORE
945 PM CDT.

THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND AND CAUSING DAMAGE. ALL PERSONS NEAR
THIS DANGEROUS STORM SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED
SHELTER.

FIND SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BASEMENTS OFFER BEST PROTECTION. SMALL
ROOMS NEAR THE CENTER OF HOMES AND BUILDING ARE ALSO FAIRLY SAFE.
MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES OFFER NO SHELTER..SO LEAVE THEN. EVEN A
DITCH OR LOW PLACE IS SAFER THEN A MOBILE HOME OR CAR.

DORSEY=

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, Apr 11, 5:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

KSZ004-007-008-112315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
515 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
   KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 5 15 PM CDT...NO PRECIPITATION WAS NOTED OVER WESTERN KANSAS IN THE
WATCH AREA.

DORSEY

MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS OVERNIGHT.  TEMPERATURES WILL COOL
TO THE LOW 40S TO UPPER 40S BY SUNRISE.

GAHAGAN

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

KSZ004-007-008-120030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
625 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
   KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 620 PM CDT...A THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED OVER EASTERN ROOKS COUNTY OF
CENTRAL KANSAS...ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF HAYS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO
THE NORTH AT 30 MPH.

THIS WAS THE ONLY PRECIPITATION NOTED IN THE WATCH AREA OF WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

DORSEY

Special weather statement, Apr 11, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

KSZ004-007-008-120130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
730 PM CDT THU APR 11 1991

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
   KANSAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

AT 725 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHWARD INTO NEBRASKA. STORMS WERE REPORTED IN ELLIS
COUNTY JUST WEST OF HAYS AND ACROSS PHILLIPS COUNTY..40 TO 50 MILES NORTH
OF HAYS. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL..LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS
HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH.

DORSEY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 8:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rooks	40 min
Apr 11, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Phillips, Rooks	57 min
Apr 11, 9:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rooks	42 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.