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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2007, 8:27 PM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 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 22, 2007, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2007, 9:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Graham County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1569 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGLD 230128 TORGLD KSC065-230230- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0064.070523T0127Z-070523T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 828 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF BOGUE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...FIND A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3913 9981 3913 9961 3924 9961 3924 9973 $$ CLK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 230130 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 730 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2007 KSC065-230230- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-070523T0230Z/ GRAHAM KS- 830 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY... AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF BOGUE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3913 9981 3913 9961 3924 9961 3924 9973 $$ CLK
000 WWUS53 KGLD 230146 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 745 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2007 KSC063-230155- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-070523T0200Z/ GOVE KS- 845 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GOVE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTH INTO SHERIDAN COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS. LAT...LON 3931 10062 3915 10063 3910 10016 3937 10017 $$ KSC179-230200- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-070523T0200Z/ SHERIDAN KS- 845 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY... AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TASCO...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF GRAINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TASCO AROUND 855 PM CDT... ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO THREAT IS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS. LAT...LON 3931 10062 3915 10063 3910 10016 3937 10017 $$ MCGUIRE
000 WWUS53 KGLD 230206 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 806 PM MDT TUE MAY 22 2007 KSC065-230216- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-070523T0230Z/ GRAHAM KS- 906 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED... HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 3913 9981 3913 9961 3924 9961 3924 9973 $$ CLK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 65 min |
| May 22, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 48 min |
| May 22, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 56 min |
| May 22, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 43 min |
| May 22, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 56 min |
| May 23, 5:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 19 hr |
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.