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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Goodland, KS

April 6, 2001Gove County, Graham County, Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2001, 1:07 PM CDT for Gove County, Graham County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min. 5 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
Apr 6, 2001, 1:07 PM CDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2001, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 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
Apr 6, 1:15 PM CDTHail 1Quinter, KS
Apr 6, 1:15 PM CDTHail 1Morland, KS
Apr 6, 1:15 PM CDTHail 1.75Quinter, KS
Apr 6, 1:25 PM CDTHail 1.75St Peter, KS
Apr 6, 1:50 PM CDTHail 0.88Bogue, 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-06Temperature 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 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2143 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 061807
TORGLD
KSC063-065-179-061845-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
107 PM CDT FRI APR 6 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS
  EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
  GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 107 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 16 MILES SOUTH OF QUINTER...
  OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  QUINTER...PARK AROUND 120 PM CDT
  SAINT PETER AROUND 125 PM CDT
  TASCO AROUND 130 PM CDT
  MORLAND...STUDLEY AROUND 135 PM CDT
  PENOKEE...HILL CITY...BOGUE AROUND 140 PM CDT

ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...NICODEMUS.

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

IF YOU ARE AT SCHOOL OR ANOTHER TYPE OF OFFICE BUILDING...MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT...INTERIOR HALL...STAIRWELL...OR BATHROOM. DO
NOT USE ELEVATORS AND KEEP AWAY FROM THE ENDS OF HALLWAYS. STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORWAYS. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER IN AUDITORIUMS
AND GYMNASIUMS.

$$

LAT...LON 3871 10057 3869 10015 3956 9937 3957 10027

ENTWISTLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove25 min
Apr 6, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton49 min
Apr 6, 1:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDNorton36 min
Apr 6, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham46 min
Apr 6, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton46 min
Apr 6, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita61 min
Apr 6, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace54 min
Apr 6, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman66 min
Apr 6, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas55 min
Apr 6, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita50 min
Apr 6, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas45 min
Apr 6, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan62 min
Apr 6, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas65 min
Apr 6, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita31 min
Apr 6, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas51 min
Apr 6, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan56 min
Apr 6, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur56 min
Apr 6, 6:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan, Thomas2 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.