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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Goodland, KS

April 24, 2007Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2007, 1:42 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2007, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2007, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
63 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), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 1:49 PM MDTTORNADO2 N Weskan, KS
Apr 24, 1:49 PM MDTTORNADO3 Nw Weskan, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2007-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2007-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 241945
TORGLD
KSC199-242045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0041.070424T1942Z-070424T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
142 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT

* AT 138 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES ALONG A LINE  
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WESKAN TO SHARON SPRINGS TO 9  
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALLACE. 

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SHARON SPRINGS AROUND 155 PM MDT...
  WALLACE AROUND 210 PM MDT...

IF YOU ARE AT SCHOOL OR WORK...MOVE QUICKLY TO THE 
BASEMENT...INTERIOR HALL...STAIRWELL...OR BATHROOM. DO NOT USE 
ELEVATORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND GLASS DOORS. DO NOT SEEK 
SHELTER IN AUDITORIUMS OR GYMNASIUMS.

LAT...LON 3884 10206 3882 10186 3876 10147 3912 10148
      3912 10176 3913 10205

$$

KILLINGSWORTH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 241953
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
152 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007

KSC199-242045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-070424T2045Z/
WALLACE KS-
152 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR WALLACE
COUNTY...

AT 149 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO TWO 
MILES NORTH OF WESKAN. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED AT 151 PM MDT.

TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE NEAR...
  RURAL WALLACE COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM MDT...

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 135 AND 156.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3884 10206 3882 10186 3876 10147 3912 10148
      3912 10176 3913 10205

$$

MENTZER
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 242037
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
237 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007

KSC199-242047-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-070424T2045Z/
WALLACE KS-
237 PM MDT TUE APR 24 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WALLACE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 245 PM MDT...

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

LAT...LON 3884 10206 3882 10186 3876 10147 3912 10148
      3912 10176 3913 10205

$$

KILLINGSWORTH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace66 min
Apr 23, 6:26 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWallace34 min
Apr 23, 6:57 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman, Wallace63 min
Apr 23, 7:28 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace62 min
Apr 23, 8:05 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman, Thomas55 min
Apr 23, 8:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman66 min
Apr 23, 8:51 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman36 min
Apr 23, 9:02 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas58 min
Apr 23, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne60 min
Apr 23, 9:18 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne42 min
Apr 23, 9:56 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne49 min
Apr 23, 9:58 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins62 min
Apr 23, 10:51 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins54 min
Apr 23, 11:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins64 min
Apr 23, 11:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur53 min
Apr 24, 12:22 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRawlins53 min
Apr 24, 2:19 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRawlins3 hr
Apr 24, 5:11 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRawlins3 hr
Apr 24, 7:06 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman30 min
Apr 24, 7:47 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur3 hr
Apr 24, 8:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace55 min
Apr 24, 9:41 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton36 min
Apr 24, 5:51 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley3 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.