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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Goodland, KS

May 8, 2003Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2003, 4:39 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 51 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
May 8, 2003, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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
May 8, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 314 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
586 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 082139
TORGLD
NEC145-082230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
439 PM CDT THU MAY 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 439 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  BARTLEY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF MCCOOK...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...INDIANOLA...LEBANON AND
MCCOOK.

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

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 4033 10071 4004 10069 4004 10021 4033 10021

LOCKHART

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock59 min
May 8, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow60 min
May 8, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy66 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.