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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

June 22, 1999Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 1999, 7:28 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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 22, 1999, 7:28 PM MDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1999, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 7:55 PM MDTHail 1Tribune, KS
Jun 22, 8:20 PM MDTHail 1Leoti, KS
Jun 22, 8:35 PM MDTHail 1.5Leoti, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1999-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1999-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
18.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 230129
TORGLD

KSC071-203-230230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
728 PM MDT (828 PM CDT) TUE JUN 22 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
  WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 830 PM MDT (930 PM CDT)

* AT 725 PM MDT (825 PM CDT)... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER
  REPORTS INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEOTI OR 9 MILES
  WEST OF LYDIA. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT...
RURAL RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA

A TORNADO HAS BEEN SIGHTED! GO TO THE BASEMENT! IF A BASEMENT IS
NOT AVAILABLE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR!


$$
SKIPPER


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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 Jun 22, 2:26 PM MDT, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:26 PM MDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
220 PM MDT (320 PM CDT) TUE JUN 22 1999

...MAIN CHALLENGES TODAY INVOLVE HOW FAR COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
CWA ALONG WITH PRECIP CHANCES...

19Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM WESTERN SD
SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTHERN WY AND MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. SURFACE LOW
WAS FORMING OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO. SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS OF 10 TO 20
MPH OVER WESTERN KS CONTINUE TO BRING WARM MOIST AIR INTO THE
REGION. LATEST IR SATELLITE AND KGLD RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS NOW
FIRING TO OUR WEST AND OVER PORTIONS OF OUR NORTHERN CWA. AT 30H LEVELS
EARLIER ANALYSIS SHOWED 90KT JET DIVING SOUTHEAST OVER WA AND ID
WITH A 50KT JET MOVING NORTHEAST OVER NM AND TX PANHANDLE.

WENT WITH A COMBINATION OF AVN AND ETA MODELS SINCE BOTH ARE
IDENTICAL IN THEIR HANDLING OF SURFACE AND UPPER AIR FEATURES ACROSS
THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE COUNTRY OUT THROUGH 48
HOURS.

AS FRONT TO OUR NORTH ADVANCES SOUTH OVER THE CWA INTO TOMORROW GOOD
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ENHANCED WITH DAYTIME HEATING WILL SERVE TO FOCUS
SCATTERED CONVECTION INTO THIS EVENING MOST OF CWA. THE STRONGER
STORMS SHOULD ADVANCE SOUTH WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE FRONT IS
PROGGED TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES DURING THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. WINDS SHOULD BECOME NORTHEAST TO EAST ON WEDNESDAY
RESULTING IN SOME UPSLOPE FLOW. THUS KEPT CHANCE POPS ALL CWA
TONIGHT AND WIDELY SCATTERED POPS NEXT 3 PERIODS. DUE TO THE
WEAKNESS OF THIS FRONT AND 85H AND 70H TEMPS BY AVN AND ETA LITTLE
CHANGE IN TEMPS SHOULD OCCUR.

WITH UPSLOPE FLOW DUE TO EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY COULD SEE SOME LOW STRATUS CLOUDINESS ALONG WITH MAYBE
PATCHY AREAS OF FOG WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW
FAR FRONT ADVANCES ON WEDNESDAY.

WENT WITH FWC MOS AND FAN GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS FIRST PERIOD AND A
CATEGORY BELOW GUIDANCE FOR MAX TEMPS FOR WEDNESDAY DUE TO UPSLOPE
FLOW AND MORE CLOUDINESS.

IN THE EXTENDED... MRF SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDING INTO AREA
FROM THE WEST LATER IN THE WEEK WITH DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER IN
STORE BY THE WEEKEND. WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND AFTERNOON HEATING
KEPT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH DRY
WEATHER BEYOND THAT TIME FRAME.

.GLD...NONE.

LAMMERS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
505 PM MDT TUE JUN 22 1999

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0402 PFM    2 W OBERLIN               KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/22/99   DECATUR
Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
505 PM MDT TUE JUN 22 1999

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0402 PFM    2 W OBERLIN               KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/22/99   DECATUR
Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
522 PM MDT TUE JUN 22 1999

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0443 PM    5 SE WINONA               KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/22/99   LOGAN

0450 PM    9 E MINGO                 KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/99   THOMAS
Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
522 PM MDT TUE JUN 22 1999

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0443 PM    5 SE WINONA               KS    1 INCH HAIL
06/22/99   LOGAN

0450 PM    9 E MINGO                 KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/99   THOMAS
Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:21 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
621 PM MDT TUE JUN 22 1999

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0600 PLM    3 S MARIENTHAL            KS    .75 INCH HAIL
06/22/99   WICHITA
Local storm report, Jun 22, 6:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
624 PM MDT TUE JUN 22 1999

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0515 PXM    KIRK                      CO    WIND DAMAGE
06/22/99   YUMA                            4 INCH DIAMTER TREE
                                           BRANCHES BROKEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita63 min
Jun 22, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne64 min
Jun 22, 6:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins64 min
Jun 22, 6:54 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWichita36 min
Jun 22, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman62 min
Jun 22, 7:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan59 min
Jun 22, 8:30 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWichita35 min
Jun 22, 8:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWichita3 hr

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.