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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Goodland, KS

June 15, 2005Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2005, 7:07 PM CDT for Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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
Jun 15, 2005, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Logan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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
Jun 15, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2005-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2864 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 160007
TORGLD
KSC109-160045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0035.050616T0007Z-050616T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
707 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTH
  CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY AT 720 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS
AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 3886 10125 3870 10122 3870 10082 3898 10082

$$

KILLINGSWORTH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 160024
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
624 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

KSC109-160045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050616T0045Z/
LOGAN KS-
724 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR LOGAN COUNTY...

AT 721 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 
30 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3886 10125 3870 10122 3870 10082 3898 10082

$$

KILLINGSWORTH
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 160042 RRA
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
643 PM MDT WED JUN 15 2005

KSC109-160053-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-050616T0045Z/
LOGAN KS-
743 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LOGAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS
AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 3886 10125 3870 10122 3870 10082 3898 10082

$$

KILLINGSWORTH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman57 min
Jun 15, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove40 min
Jun 15, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas48 min
Jun 15, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan32 min
Jun 15, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove44 min
Jun 15, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham58 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.