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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS

June 12, 1997Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 1997, 5:03 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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
Jun 12, 1997, 5:03 PM MDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1997, 5:50 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Wallace County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 5:10 PM MDTHail 1Sharon Spgs, KS
Jun 12, 5:55 PM MDTHail 1.75Wallace, 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 1997-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

702 
WFUS1 KGLD 122303
TORGLD
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
503 PM MDT THU JUN 12 1997

* TORNADO WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 550 PM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  8 MILES NORTH OF SHARON SPRINGS         AROUND 525 PM MDT

* AT 502 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING
  TORNADO 14 MILES NORTH OF SHARON SPRINGS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

ENTWISTLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 8:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham46 min
Jun 11, 9:12 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGraham48 min
Jun 12, 4:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman47 min
Jun 12, 4:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman47 min
Jun 12, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace50 min
Jun 12, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace51 min
Jun 12, 5:35 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWallace65 min
Jun 12, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan66 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.