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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Goodland, KS

June 19, 2007Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2007, 2:58 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2007, 3:29 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Decatur County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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
Jun 19, 3:15 PM CDTHAIL 0.755 Sw Oberlin, 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-06-19Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
492 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 191958
TORGLD
KSC039-192100-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0073.070619T1958Z-070619T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  OBERLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OBERLIN AROUND 315 PM CDT...
  KANONA AROUND 350 PM CDT...
  9 MILES NORTHWEST OF JENNINGS AROUND 355 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 96.

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.

LAT...LON 3982 10073 3957 10072 3965 10019 3999 10028

$$

KILLINGSWORTH
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 192018
SVSGLD

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

KSC039-192100-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-070619T2100Z/
DECATUR KS-
318 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
DECATUR COUNTY...

AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DRESDEN...OR ABOUT
NEAR LEOVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

A TORNADO WARNING BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION
HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND GET TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3970 10071 3957 10072 3965 10019 3978 10023

$$

KILLINGSWORTH
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 192029
SVSGLD

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

KSC039-192039-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0073.000000T0000Z-070619T2100Z/
DECATUR KS-
329 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DECATUR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONG 
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3970 10071 3957 10072 3965 10019 3978 10023

$$

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, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan62 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.