Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 83, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2007, 9:31 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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
- Jul 13, 2007, 9:31 PM CDT (02:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2007, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rawlins County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KGLD 140231 TORGLD KSC153-140330- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0083.070714T0231Z-070714T0330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 931 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 927 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 25 MILES NORTH OF LUDELL...OR ABOUT NEAR STRATTON NE...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LUDELL AROUND 1015 PM CDT... ATWOOD AND BLAKEMAN AROUND 1020 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 68. THIS DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES. 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 4000 10076 4000 10140 3957 10141 3957 10075 $$ KILLINGSWORTH
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 140251 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 851 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2007 KSC153-140330- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070714T0330Z/ RAWLINS KS- 951 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR RAWLINS COUNTY... AT 948 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF BLAKEMAN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STRATTON NE...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HERNDON AROUND 1005 PM CDT... ATWOOD...BLAKEMAN...LUDELL AND BEARDSLEY AROUND 1010 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 68. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4000 10076 4000 10140 3957 10141 3957 10075 $$ KILLINGSWORTH
000 WWUS53 KGLD 140305 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 905 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2007 KSC153-140330- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070714T0330Z/ RAWLINS KS- 1005 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR RAWLINS COUNTY... AT 959 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUDELL...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LUDELL...BLAKEMAN...BEARDSLEY AND HERNDON AROUND 1010 PM CDT... ATWOOD AROUND 1015 PM CDT... THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 68. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 4000 10076 4000 10140 3957 10141 3957 10075 $$ KILLINGSWORTH
000 WWUS53 KGLD 140325 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 925 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2007 KSC153-140335- /O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0083.000000T0000Z-070714T0330Z/ RAWLINS KS- 1025 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RAWLINS COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1030 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER. HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM THROUGH 11 PM CDT...INCLUDING THE ATWOOD AREA. LAT...LON 4000 10076 4000 10140 3957 10141 3957 10075 $$ KILLINGSWORTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.