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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Goodland, KS

August 9, 2004Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2004, 9:24 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. 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
Aug 9, 2004, 9:24 PM MDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2004, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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
Aug 9, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 00:00Z on 2004-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2151 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 00:00Z on 2004-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
2151 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1371 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
10.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 100324
TORGLD
KSC199-100415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
925 PM MDT MON AUG 9 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT

* AT 922 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF WESKAN...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN WALLACE COUNTY AROUND 940 PM MDT...

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 1100 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3884 10176 3890 10198 3869 10205 3869 10179

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita62 min
Aug 9, 6:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWichita3 hr
Aug 9, 7:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita59 min
Aug 9, 8:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace57 min
Aug 9, 8:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan55 min
Aug 9, 8:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace66 min
Aug 9, 9:35 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley55 min
Aug 9, 9:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne67 min
Aug 9, 9:56 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWichita3 hr
Aug 9, 10:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins59 min
Aug 9, 10:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman54 min
Aug 9, 11:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas57 min
Aug 10, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley47 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.