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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 21, 2004, 7:20 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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
- Aug 21, 2004, 7:20 PM MDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2004, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greeley County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 7:25 PM MDT | HAIL 2.75 | 15 N Tribune, KS | |
| Aug 21, 7:40 PM MDT | TORNADO | 15 Nnw Tribune, KS | BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OBSERVED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGLD 220120 TORGLD KSC071-220200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 719 PM MDT SAT AUG 21 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 800 PM MDT * AT 716 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN GREELEY COUNTY AROUND 730 PM MDT... THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREELEY COUNTY. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3870 10174 3869 10199 3848 10203 3848 10171 $$ MCGUIRE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 66 min |
| Aug 21, 6:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 66 min |
| Aug 21, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 65 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.