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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Goodland, KS

June 19, 2007Graham County, Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2007, 2:43 PM CDT for Graham County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report 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
Jun 19, 2007, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2007, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Graham County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 3:36 PM CDTHAIL 0.756 N Hoxie, KS

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2007-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2489 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2007-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
2489 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
630 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 191944
TORGLD
KSC065-179-192045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0072.070619T1943Z-070619T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
243 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 239 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 10     
  MILES EAST OF HOXIE...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STUDLEY AROUND 320 PM CDT...
  MORLAND AND 7 MILES WEST OF PENOKEE AROUND 345 PM CDT...

IF YOU ARE AT HOME...SEEK SHELTER IN A BASEMENT IF POSSIBLE.
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID
WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

LAT...LON 3955 10046 3918 10046 3917 9996 3954 9996

$$

KILLINGSWORTH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 192006
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
206 PM MDT TUE JUN 19 2007

KSC065-179-192045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-070619T2045Z/
SHERIDAN KS-GRAHAM KS-
306 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
GRAHAM AND EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES...

AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TASCO. THIS
TORNADO WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TASCO...HOXIE AND STUDLEY AROUND 345 PM CDT...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3955 10046 3918 10046 3917 9996 3954 9996

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton, Sheridan58 min
Jun 19, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan61 min
Jun 19, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins66 min
Jun 19, 2:58 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur31 min
Jun 19, 3:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Sheridan6 hr
Jun 19, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan64 min
Jun 19, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Sheridan61 min
Jun 19, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan55 min
Jun 19, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove36 min
Jun 19, 5:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove3 hr
Jun 19, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.