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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 1997Cheyenne County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1997, 7:10 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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
May 24, 1997, 7:10 PM CDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 1997, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Cheyenne County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 00:00Z on 1997-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1997-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

412 
WFUS1 KGLD 250011 RRA
TORGLD
KSC023-250115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
610 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 1997

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY KANSAS IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT (715 PM MDT)
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  SAINT FRANCIS                           AROUND 753 PM CDT

* AT 710 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING
  TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT FRANCIS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10
  MPH.

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

MARTELLO/STAVISH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman64 min
May 24, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman47 min
May 24, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman48 min
May 24, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove48 min
May 24, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas48 min
May 24, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas48 min
May 24, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas46 min
May 24, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas50 min
May 25, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove48 min
May 25, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan50 min
May 25, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove30 min
May 25, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham61 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 1997Every tornado warning in 1997Tornadoes 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.