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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS

April 10, 2005Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2005, 3:31 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 44 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
Apr 10, 2005, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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
Apr 10, 1:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 12:00Z on 2005-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 102031
TORGLD
KSC063-102115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0003.050410T2031Z-050410T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
331 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF GOVE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  GOVE BY 340 PM CDT...
  GRAINFIELD AND PARK BY 400 PM CDT...
  GRINNELL BY 405 PM CDT...

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.

LAT...LON 3877 10052 3877 10037 3912 10032 3912 10080

$$

MCGUIRE
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 102043
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
243 PM MDT SUN APR 10 2005

KSC063-102115-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050410T2115Z/
GOVE KS-
343 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR GOVE COUNTY...

AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GOVE...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GOVE AROUND 340 PM CDT...
  GRAINFIELD AND PARK AROUND 400 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3882 10049 3883 10038 3913 10028 3913 10057

$$

MCGUIRE
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 102058
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
257 PM MDT SUN APR 10 2005

KSC063-102115-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050410T2115Z/
GOVE KS-
357 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR GOVE COUNTY...

AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAINFIELD...
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAINFIELD AND PARK AROUND 355 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF 
BALL SIZE HAIL.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED STRONG ROTATION IN ANOTHER 
STORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF QUINTER. THIS SECOND STORM WAS ALSO MOVING 
NORTH AT 30 MPH.

LAT...LON 3882 10049 3883 10038 3913 10028 3913 10057

$$

MCGUIRE
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 102113
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
313 PM MDT SUN APR 10 2005

KSC063-102123-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050410T2115Z/
GOVE KS-
413 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GOVE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 415 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS LEFT THE WARNED AREA.

LAT...LON 3882 10049 3883 10038 3913 10028 3913 10057

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan44 min
Apr 10, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan43 min
Apr 10, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham60 min
Apr 10, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.