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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Goodland, KS

July 7, 2004Graham County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 7, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Graham County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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
Jul 7, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 00:00Z on 2004-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2020 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2020 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 080100
TORGLD
KSC065-080130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
759 PM CDT WED JUL 7 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 755 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 
BETWEEN PALCO AND DAMAR IN ROOKS COUNTY. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS 
TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY AROUND 810 PM CDT...

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...FIND A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3952 9961 3951 9971 3912 9967 3911 9954

$$

LOCKHART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham26 min
Jul 7, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham30 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.