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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

March 28, 2007Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 8:01 PM MDT for Wallace 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
Mar 28, 2007, 8:01 PM MDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2007, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 28, 2:59 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 00:00Z on 2007-03-29Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2007-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -11 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
3911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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 290201
TORGLD
KSC199-290245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0013.070329T0201Z-070329T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
801 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 757 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WESKAN...OR
  ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF SHARON SPRINGS...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHERN WALLACE COUNTY AROUND 820 PM MDT

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 156.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SEEK BELOW GROUND SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID
WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR REINFORCED BUILDINGS.

LAT...LON 3881 10203 3879 10181 3912 10169 3912 10204

$$

KILLINGSWORTH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 290240 RRA
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
841 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007

KSC199-290251-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070329T0245Z/
WALLACE KS-
841 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN WALLACE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 845 PM
MDT...

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

HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3881 10203 3879 10181 3912 10169 3912 10204

$$

KILLINGSWORTH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman60 min
Mar 28, 6:17 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman, Wallace58 min
Mar 28, 6:23 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur37 min
Mar 28, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley65 min
Mar 28, 6:45 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins30 min
Mar 28, 6:47 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley43 min
Mar 28, 7:10 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman65 min
Mar 28, 7:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman54 min
Mar 28, 7:27 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace63 min
Mar 28, 7:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman4 hr
Mar 28, 7:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace4 hr
Mar 28, 7:57 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne48 min
Mar 28, 8:10 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne22 min
Mar 28, 8:11 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman49 min
Mar 28, 8:14 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley61 min
Mar 28, 8:56 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWallace34 min
Mar 28, 8:56 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman26 min
Mar 28, 9:13 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne47 min
Mar 28, 9:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace35 min
Mar 28, 10:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita19 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.