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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Goodland, KS

June 1, 2003Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2003, 2:07 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2003, 2:07 PM MDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2003, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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
Jun 1, 12:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2003-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2003-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-273 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 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 
WFUS53 KGLD 012007
TORGLD
KSC181-012100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
208 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT

* AT 208 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTH OF RULETON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODLAND...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  AFFECTING RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...EDSON AND GOODLAND.

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

LAT...LON 3956 10142 3956 10204 3915 10203 3915 10141

LOCKHART

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 2:26 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWallace64 min
Jun 1, 2:58 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman62 min
Jun 1, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.