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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 60 min |
| Apr 10, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 42 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.