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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Goodland, KS

October 31, 2000Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2000, 6:41 PM CST for Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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
Oct 31, 2000, 6:41 PM CST (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Oct 31, 2000, 7:15 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Rawlins County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 31, 2:30 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-11-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 844 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2000-11-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
844 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 010041
TORGLD

KSC153-010115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
641 PM CST TUE OCT 31 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 641 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LUDELL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF ATWOOD...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HERNDON AROUND 650 PM CST

ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...ATWOOD.

VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION! DO NOT RUN OUTSIDE TO FIND THE
TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID
WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR REINFORCED BUILDINGS.

$$

ENTWISTLE

LAT...LON 3978 10106 3973 10086 4001 10074 4001 10101

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 31, 6:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins46 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes in 2000

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.