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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

June 30, 1999Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 1999, 2:13 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 30, 1999, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1999, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Thomas County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 1999-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1999-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 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.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 301915 RRA
TORGLD
KSC193-301945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
113 PM MDT (213 PM CDT) WED JUN 30 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT (145 PM MDT)

* AT 212 PM CDT... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 19
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF BREWSTER...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

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

MLC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne49 min
Jun 30, 8:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne50 min
Jun 30, 9:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas63 min
Jun 30, 9:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne62 min
Jun 30, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman33 min
Jun 30, 1:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas64 min
Jun 30, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas35 min
Jun 30, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman35 min
Jun 30, 2:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan49 min
Jun 30, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan38 min
Jun 30, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita66 min
Jun 30, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWichita48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.