Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 37, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 1996, 3:11 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 min. 5 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
- Jul 25, 1996, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 1996, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:24 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Goodland, KS | |
| Jul 25, 3:26 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Ruleton, KS | |
| Jul 25, 3:26 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Ruleton, KS | |
| Jul 25, 4:00 PM MDT | Tornado F1 | Goodland, KS | |
| Jul 25, 4:05 PM MDT | Hail 0.88 | Goodland, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 845 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 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 252112 TORGLD KSC181-252200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 311 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND KS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST KANSAS ...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHERMAN COUNTY AT 309 PM MDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOODLAND OR 8 MILES NORTH OF THE NSI PLANT MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. AT PRESENT MOVEMENT THE TORNADO WILL BE AROUND.... THE NSI PLANT BY 325 PM MDT GOODLAND BY 330 PM MDT GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! MENTZER
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 Jul 25, 2:35 PM MDT, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:35 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 235 PM MDT (335 PM CDT) THU JUL 25 1996 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SPREADING OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE OVER WY/CO. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS LLJ EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO SPREAD FURTHER EAST TONIGHT AS SFC RIDGE HAS SHIFTED OUT OF THE AREA. SHARP MODIFIED SOUNDINGS FROM DDC AND LBF SUGGEST CAPES IN THE 2500 TO 3000 RANGE OVER FA THUS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS. SATELLITE DATA SHOWS ANOTHER WEAK WAVE FOLLOWING THIS FIRST WAVE WHICH WILL BRING CHANCES FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO REGION THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. MODELS IMPLY MOST ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY NORTHEAST OF THE REGION AS RIDGE SHIFTS A LITTLE CLOSER. DO NOT DISCOUNT CHANCES FOR WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT WILL LEAVE OUT OF FOURTH PERIOD FOR NOW. FWC/FAN NUMBERS HAVE BEEN TOO HIGH ON OVERNIGHT LOWS...AND CLOSE OR TOO LOW ON HIGHS AS OF LATE...AND APPEARS THIS TREND TO CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY. GLD 057/084/060/086 733 HLC 059/085/062/087 733 CBK 058/085/061/086 733 MCK 057/082/060/084 733 TRB 058/086/060/088 733 ITR 056/082/059/085 733 TURNER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 10:28 AM MDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-260600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1028 AM MDT (1128 AM CDT) THU JUL 25 1996 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES CHEYENNE CO CHEYENNE KS DECATUR KS DUNDY NE GOVE KS GRAHAM KS GREELEY KS HITCHCOCK NE KIT CARSON CO LOGAN KS NORTON KS RAWLINS KS RED WILLOW NE SHERIDAN KS SHERMAN KS THOMAS KS WALLACE KS WICHITA KS YUMA CO SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. SYNOPSIS: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE TO BRING WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY OVER ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS... SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TURNER
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 1:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
COZ090>092-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 154 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT. YUMA...KIT CARSON...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA... SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A REINFORCED STRUCTURE. MENTZER
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:47 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-260250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 246 PM MDT (346 PM CDT) THU JUL 25 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...EASTERN COLORADO...NORTHWEST KANSAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT...1000 PM CDT... RESIDENTS IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. IN NORTHWEST KANSAS THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...DECATUR...SHERMAN... THOMAS...SHERIDAN...WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY...AND WICHITA. IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...THE WATCH INCLUDES NORTON AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. IN EASTERN COLORADO THE WATCH INCLUDES YUMA...KIT CARSON...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES. IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THE WATCH INCLUDES DUNDY...HITCHCOCK...AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. HULL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 3:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 33 min |
| Jul 25, 3:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 63 min |
| Jul 25, 4:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 49 min |
| Jul 25, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 62 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.