Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 261, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 12, 1997, 3:50 AM MDT for Sherman County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 1997, 3:50 AM MDT (09:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 1997, 4:25 AM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 11:00 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 120948 RRA SVRGLD KSC181-193-121025- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 350 AM MDT (450 AM CDT) SUN OCT 12 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS WESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS * UNTIL 425 AM MDT (525 AM CDT) * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED 8 MILES SOUTH OF BREWSTER AROUND 455 AM CDT BREWSTER AROUND 500 AM CDT LEVANT AROUND 510 AM CDT 9 MILES NORTH OF BREWSTER AROUND 510 AM CDT * AT 349 AM MDT (449 AM CDT)...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF BREWSTER MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. TURNER
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 12, 2:43 AM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 2:43 AM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...AMENDED TO ADDRESS PCPN STATE TON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 243 AM MDT (343 AM CDT) SUN OCT 12 1997 ...MANY FORECAST PROBLEMS THROUGH THE PERIOD... BASED ON CURRENT RADAR...SATL...AND SFC ANAL...WL PREFER THE ETA OVERALL...BUT WL SPEED IT UP JUST A TAD. GOOD DISCUSSIONS IN PMDSPD AND QPF...GOT A LOT OF GOOD INFO FROM IT...BIG THANK YOU. TO ALL WHO GET GLD OPU...MAY AJDUST PCPN FCST IN WRN ZONES SLIGHTLY BASED ON LAST MINUTE RADAR. CURRENTLY HAVE A TOR WATCH FOR MOST OF CWA...AND GROUPING WL LIKELY CHANGE BASED ON WHERE WATCH IS STILL UP. LATEST SFC ANAL SHOWS FRONT MOVING INTO WRN PTN OF CWA ATTM. SATL AND GLD WSR-88D SHOWG PCPN COVER MOST OF CWA WITH ECHOES TRANING IN FROM THE SW. SATL AND PLAN PROFILER WNDS/VORTICITY SHOW ENERGY STILL A FAIR DISTANCE TO SW AND W WITH MAIN UPR LOW NEAR FOUR CORNERS AREA. MORE ENERGY COMG DOWN BACKSIDE OF TROF AS SEEN ON SATL AS WELL. WILL ALSO GET STRONG CAA ALOFT WITH HIGH LAPSE RATES SEEN IN THE 700 TO 500 MB LAYER. ALSO 700 TO 500 LOW TRACK APPEARS TO BE JUST TO S AND E OF GLD. BASED ON ALL THAT...WL GO VERY CLOSE TO 100 PERCENT ALL AREAS WITH SOME DECREASE SEEN IN THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. LOOK TO GET SOME QG FORCG/FRONTOGENETIC FORCG TONIGHT BUT WITH LESS MSTR THAN DURG THE DAY. WL ALSO HAVE NOSE OF JET ARND EARLY AS WELL...SO WL KEEP SMALL POPS FOR AT LEAST THE EVENING HOURS. HWVR...BY THE TIME THE COLD AIR ARRIVES TO CHANGE THINGS OVR...THE MSTR HAS LEFT...SO WL ONLY HAVE RAIN IN THE PACKAGE. WL BE GOING WITH HIGH WND WARNING FOR TDY WITH SUCH STRONG CAA BEHIND FRONT AND VERY STRONG WNDS AHEAD OF FRONT. MODELS OFTEN UNDERO CAA AND NW WNDS IN THIS SCENARION. WL LIKELY NEED ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT TON WITH WNDS CONTINUING BUT WL LEAVE THAT TO LATER SHIFTS. WL BE WNDY AGAIN ON MON. BLV NGM MOS IS TOO WARM ESP WEST TODAY. WL GO BLO THERE AND CLOSE TO IN THE EAST...AND AM NOT SURE WHAT SIDE OF MOS WL GO ON...AND WL LATE FOR LATEST OBS. WINDS AND CLDS TO KEEP TEMPS TONIGHT FROM BOTTOMING OUT. WL NOT PUT OUT ANYTHING FOR THE COLD TEMPS TONIGHT...BUT WL HAVE DAY SHIFT TAKE A LOOK AT IT. UNLESS I SEE SOMETHING MORE...I WILL PROBABLY GO CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE IN WEST TONIGHT AND BLO IN THE EAST. THINK NGM MAY BE WARMING UP THINGS A LTL MUCH ON MON. LOOK TO HAVE CLDS ARND PLUS MOIST...PSBLY FROST COVERED GRND. SO WL TEND TO GO BLO MOS FOR MAXES ON MON...ESPECIALLY ERN AREAS. .GLD...HIGH WND WARNING TODAY FOR ALL ZONES. BULLER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 11, 11:00 PM MDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>003-013>015-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-121105- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1101 PM MDT (1201 AM CDT) SAT OCT 11 1997 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 5 AM MDT (6 AM CDT)... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 5 AM MDT (6 AM CDT). COLORADO COUNTIES COVERED IN THE WATCH...CHEYENNE...KIT CARSON...AND SOUTHERN YUMA. NEBRASKA COUNTIES IN THE WATCH...DUNDY...HITCHCOCK...AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS THAT ARE IN THE WATCH... CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...DECATUR...SHERMAN...THOMAS...SHERIDAN...WALLACE ...LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY...AND WICHITA. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED...CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BULLER
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 3:06 AM MDT, 44 minutes before
COZ090>092-121015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 308 AM MDT SUN OCT 12 1997 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 305 AM MDT...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO INDICATE THAT THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION HAS STABILIZED. ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER YUMA...KIT CARSON...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN EASTERN COLORADO...IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ANY WILL BECOME SEVERE. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. HOWEVER...YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS AND LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GONSOWSKI
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 3:08 AM MDT, 42 minutes before
COZ090>092-121015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 308 AM MDT SUN OCT 12 1997 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 305 AM MDT...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO INDICATE THAT THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION HAS STABILIZED. ALTHOUGH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER YUMA...KIT CARSON...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN EASTERN COLORADO...IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ANY WILL BECOME SEVERE. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. HOWEVER...YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS AND LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GONSOWSKI
Special weather statement, Oct 12, 3:37 AM MDT, 13 minutes before
NEZ079>081-121045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 339 AM MDT (439 AM CDT) SUN OCT 12 1997 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 338 AM MDT (438 AM CDT)...THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA HAS BECOME MORE STABLE. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. THE TORNADO WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED. THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ISSUED CONCERNING THIS WEATHER EVENT. HOWEVER...YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS AND LATER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF REDEVELOPMENT OCCURS. TURNER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 1:44 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 51 min |
| Oct 12, 3:16 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.