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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Goodland, KS

July 19, 2000Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2000, 11:23 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 52 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
Jul 19, 2000, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2000, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 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
Jul 19, 11:49 PM CDTHail 1.75St Francis, KSHail completely covering ground.
Jul 20, 12:25 AM CDTHail 1.5Goodland, 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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2000-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 323 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2000-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 200426
TORGLD
COC125-KSC023-181-200515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1123 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  SOUTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
  NORTHWESTERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT(1115 PM MDT)

* AT 1123 PM CDT(1023 PM MDT)...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A
  TORNADO OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14
  MILES WEST OF ST. FRANCIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTING RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN 
THE WARNED AREA IN FAR SOUTHEAST CHEYENNE COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT 10 
MINUTES. ALSO THE TORNADO WILL BE INTO NORTH SHERMAN COUNTY WITHIN 
20 MINUTES AND NEAR GOODLAND BEFORE 1045 PM MDT. IF YOU ARE IN THIS 
PATH TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR DETECTED 
BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER NOW!

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OF ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM.

$$

LAT...LON 3982 10206 3967 10220 3941 10177 3961 10159

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne61 min
Jul 19, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne54 min
Jul 20, 12:14 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman46 min
Jul 20, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan67 min
Jul 20, 12:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas64 min
Jul 20, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan56 min
Jul 20, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace64 min
Jul 20, 2:21 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDWallace24 min
Jul 20, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan60 min
Jul 20, 4:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne43 min
Jul 20, 5:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins64 min
Jul 20, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas49 min
Jul 20, 6:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton56 min
Jul 20, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins66 min
Jul 20, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton25 min

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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.