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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS

May 12, 1995Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 12, 1995, 2:33 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 1995, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 1995, 2:52 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1995-05-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 1995-05-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita29 min
May 12, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas32 min
May 12, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas33 min
May 12, 3:33 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas32 min
May 12, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan47 min
May 12, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan46 min
May 12, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham47 min
May 12, 5:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne64 min
May 12, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.