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Tornado Warning 84, NWS Goodland, KS

July 13, 2007Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2007, 9:46 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 22 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, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2007, 10:08 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2007-07-14Temperature 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2007-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 140245
TORGLD
NEC087-140330-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0084.070714T0246Z-070714T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
946 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 943 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF STRATTON NE...MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY.

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND 53.

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 4016 10077 4016 10132 4001 10132 4000 10079

$$

KILLINGSWORTH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 140308
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
907 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2007

NEC087-140317-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0084.000000T0000Z-070714T0330Z/
HITCHCOCK NE-
1007 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2007

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

THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED SOUTH INTO 
RAWLINS COUNTY.

HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM...MAINLY NEAR THE RAWLINS COUNTY LINE...THROUGH 
1030 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4016 10077 4016 10132 4001 10132 4000 10079

$$

KILLINGSWORTH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock56 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.