Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 6:47 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 43 min. 3 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
- Mar 28, 2007, 6:47 PM MDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Greeley County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:05 PM MDT | TORNADO | 5 Wsw Tribune, KS | |
| Mar 28, 7:12 PM MDT | TORNADO | 5 S Tribune, KS | |
| Mar 28, 7:40 PM MDT | TORNADO | 12 Nw Tribune, KS | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS TORNADO CROSSING COUNTY LINE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2:59 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 2811 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 815 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGLD 290047 TORGLD KSC071-290130- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0007.070329T0047Z-070329T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 647 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 730 PM MDT * AT 644 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 17 MILES SOUTH OF HORACE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COOLIDGE... MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HORACE AND TRIBUNE AROUND 705 PM MDT... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 123. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3817 10197 3816 10175 3864 10165 3865 10198 $$ KILLINGSWORTH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 290103 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 703 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 KSC071-290130- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070329T0130Z/ GREELEY KS- 703 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL GREELEY COUNTY... AT 658 PM MDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HORACE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRIBUNE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TRIBUNE AROUND 710 PM MDT... HORACE AROUND 715 PM MDT... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 123. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3827 10196 3826 10174 3864 10165 3865 10198 $$ KILLINGSWORTH
000 WWUS53 KGLD 290106 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 706 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 KSC071-290130- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-070329T0130Z/ GREELEY KS- 706 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL GREELEY COUNTY... AT 703 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HORACE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRIBUNE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HORACE AROUND 715 PM MDT... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 98 AND 123. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL 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 3827 10196 3826 10174 3864 10165 3865 10198 $$ KILLINGSWORTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 60 min |
| Mar 28, 6:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 58 min |
| Mar 28, 6:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 6:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 6:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 30 min |
| Mar 28, 7:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 7:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 54 min |
| Mar 28, 7:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 63 min |
| Mar 28, 7:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 8:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 44 min |
| Mar 28, 8:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 22 min |
| Mar 28, 8:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 8:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 61 min |
| Mar 28, 8:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 8:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 26 min |
| Mar 28, 9:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 9:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 35 min |
| Mar 28, 10:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 19 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.