Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 15, 1995, 6:29 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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, 1995, 6:29 PM MDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1995, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greeley County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:35 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Tribune, KS | Brief tornado near highway 27 observed by law enforcement. |
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 185 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
- 1357 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 160030 TORGLD KSC071-160115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 629 PM MDT MON MAY 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM MDT (815 PM CDT) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS ...SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY AT 627 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER 14 MILES SOUTH OF TRIBUNE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS. THIS WARNING UPGRADES THE PRIOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR THIS PORTION OF THE COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN A CAR, GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING! AS A LAST RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. VJN
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.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 15, 4:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 4:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...RETRANSMITTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 147 PM MDT (247 PM CDT) MON MAY 15 1995 MODELS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SECOND PERIOD WITH SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE DIVERGENCE BEGINING TUE NIGHT. AVN BRINGS IN A BIT MORE MORE MOISTURE IN THIS AFTERNOON. DEW POINTS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN FWCS WOULD SUGGEST...BUT LATEST ADAP KEEPS DECENT CAP IN PLACE. DEFINITELY SOME POTENTIAL FOR TRW WITH CAP BREAKING LOCALLY AND GIVEN CAPES OF AROUND 1500 J/KG AND DECENT HELICITIES WILL HAVE TO MONITOR ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM VERY CLOSELY. AS WINDS BECOME DOWNSLOPE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD TAKE A DIVE. DESPITE COOLING AT MID-LEVELS... MOISTURE SHOULD BE LIMITED ENOUGH TO DELAY POPS AFTER SECOND PERIOD. HIGH CLOUDS SHOULD ONCE AGAIN DOMINATE THE REGION TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS GRIDDED DATA FROM BOTH ETA AND NGM SHOULD UPPER LEVEL RH ABOVE 70 PCT THROUGH 00Z WED. OVERNIGHT TEMRPS SHOULD BE WARM WITH WINDS STAYING UP AND PROGGED 850 TEMPS REMAINING AROUND 20C. WITH WESTERLY COMPONENT TUESDAY...FAVOR GOING ABOVE TODAYS READINGS IN 80S. BARKER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 15, 3:59 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
COZ091>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-160100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 358 PM MDT (458 PM CDT) MON MAY 15 1995 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS AND PORTIONS OF EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT)... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT). THE FOLLOWING KANSAS COUNTIES ARE UNDER THIS WATCH...CHEYENNE RAWLINS...DECATUR...SHERIDAN...GRAHAM...SHERMAN...NORTON...THOMAS... GOVE...WICHITA...GREELEY...WALLACE...AND LOGAN. THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES ARE UNDER THIS WATCH....EASTERN CHEYENNE AND EASTERN KIT CARSON. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO SHOULD REVIEW TORNADO SAFETY RULES NOW. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION WILL BE CONTAINED UNDER WARNINGS...SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENTS...AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS. MENTZER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 31 min |
| May 15, 6:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.