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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 10, 2005, 4:02 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 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, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 102102 TORGLD KSC179-102145- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0004.050410T2102Z-050410T2145Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 402 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 445 PM CDT * AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTH OF HOXIE...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... HOXIE BY 420 PM CDT... SELDEN BY 435 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. LAT...LON 3913 10051 3913 10038 3956 10025 3956 10060 $$ MCGUIRE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 102117 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 316 PM MDT SUN APR 10 2005 KSC179-102145- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050410T2145Z/ SHERIDAN KS- 416 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SHERIDAN COUNTY... AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTH OF HOXIE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HOXIE AROUND 435 PM CDT... SELDEN AROUND 445 PM CDT... THIS STORM ALSO HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. AT 4 PM CDT...QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS COVERING THE GROUND IN GRAINFIELD. LAT...LON 3913 10051 3913 10038 3955 10032 3956 10060 $$ MCGUIRE
000 WWUS53 KGLD 102125 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 324 PM MDT SUN APR 10 2005 KSC179-102145- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050410T2145Z/ SHERIDAN KS- 424 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SHERIDAN COUNTY... AT 418 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY NEAR THE COUNTY LINE. THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF HOXIE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HOXIE AROUND 430 PM CDT... SELDEN AROUND 445 PM CDT... 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. LAT...LON 3913 10051 3913 10038 3955 10032 3956 10060 $$ MCGUIRE
000 WWUS53 KGLD 102143 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 342 PM MDT SUN APR 10 2005 KSC179-102152- /O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050410T2145Z/ SHERIDAN KS- 442 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SHERIDAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 445 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO WEAKEN. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A DRY LINE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SHERIDAN COUNTY AND SOUTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY. LAT...LON 3913 10051 3913 10038 3955 10032 3956 10060 $$ 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, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 44 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.