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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2004, 6:59 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2004, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2004, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Gove County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:00 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 15 S Gove, KS | |
| May 16, 7:00 PM CDT | HAIL 3 | 15 S Gove, KS | |
| May 16, 7:10 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 11 Ssw Gove, KS | BROKEN WINDSHIELD |
| May 16, 7:10 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 11 Ssw Gove, KS | BROKEN WINDSHIELD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 753 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
220 WFUS53 KGLD 162359 TORGLD KSC063-170045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 658 PM CDT SUN MAY 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 745 PM CDT * AT 656 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE MONUMENT ROCKS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOVE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN GOVE COUNTY AT 710 PM CDT A BRIEF TORNADO WAS OBSERVED 6 MILES SOUTH OF GOVE. THIS STORM STILL SHOWS SIGNS OF BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. ANOTHER LOCATION FOR A TORNADO IS 12 MILES SOUTH OF GOVE. A TORNADO WARNING MEANS THAT A TORNADO HAS BEEN OBSERVED OR INDICATED BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...SEEK SHELTER IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND COVER UP. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LAT...LON 3883 10083 3868 10080 3870 10014 3900 10016 ENTWISTLE $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 43 min |
| May 16, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 27 min |
| May 16, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 46 min |
| May 16, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 45 min |
| May 16, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 26 min |
| May 16, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 32 min |
| May 16, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 24 min |
| May 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 32 min |
| May 16, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 67 min |
| May 16, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 31 min |
| May 16, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 62 min |
| May 16, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 37 min |
| May 16, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 59 min |
| May 16, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.