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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Goodland, KS

May 6, 2005Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 6, 2005, 4:30 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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
May 6, 2005, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2005, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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
May 6, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2005-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2005-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 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 062230
TORGLD
NEC057-062300-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0007.050506T2230Z-050506T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
430 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 425 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER WEST
  CENTRAL DUNDY COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN DUNDY COUNTY AT 440 PM MDT...
  RURAL NORTHERN DUNDY COUNTY AT 450 PM MDT...

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 4008 10202 4011 10156 4034 10144 4034 10203

$$

LOCKHART
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 062252
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
452 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005

NEC057-062300-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050506T2300Z/
DUNDY NE-
452 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR DUNDY COUNTY...

AT 450 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER WEST 
CENTRAL DUNDY COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LAT...LON 4008 10202 4011 10156 4034 10144 4034 10203

$$

LOCKHART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy44 min
May 6, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy32 min
May 6, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy48 min

Nearby

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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.