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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Goodland, KS

June 1, 2003Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2003, 2:58 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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, 2:58 PM MDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2003, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
62 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), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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°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 012058
TORGLD
KSC181-012200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 258 PM MDT...A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WAS REPORTED
  FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF RULETON...OR
  FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF GOODLAND TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  GOODLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  EDSON AROUND 350 PM MDT

ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...KANORADO.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES. 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 3956 10196 3940 10204 3915 10208 3914 10173
          3915 10142 3957 10141

LOCKHART

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 2:07 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman53 min
Jun 1, 2:26 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWallace64 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.