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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Goodland, KS

September 28, 2007Gove County, Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 28, 2007, 6:14 PM CDT for Gove County, Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
Sep 28, 2007, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 28, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2007-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1886 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 2007-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
1886 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 282314
TORGLD
KSC063-109-282345-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0085.070928T2314Z-070928T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
614 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EAST
  CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MONUMENT
  ROCKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY AROUND 630 PM CDT
  RURAL WESTERN GOVE COUNTY AROUND 630 PM CDT

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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 3900 10089 3889 10068 3872 10082 3871 10090
      3883 10108
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 220DEG 24KT 3884 10092

$$

JRM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 282322
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
522 PM MDT FRI SEP 28 2007

KSC063-109-282345-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-070928T2345Z/
LOGAN KS-GOVE KS-
622 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL GOVE AND SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 620 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL LOGAN
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MONUMENT ROCKS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN GOVE COUNTY AROUND 640 PM CDT...
  RURAL EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY AROUND 640 PM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF 
DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 3900 10089 3889 10068 3872 10082 3871 10090
      3883 10108
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 220DEG 24KT 3886 10087

$$

JRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace66 min
Sep 28, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley52 min
Sep 28, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace23 min
Sep 28, 4:05 PM CDTWind AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more29 hr
Sep 28, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace60 min
Sep 28, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan55 min
Sep 28, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas, Wallace63 min
Sep 28, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace41 min
Sep 28, 6:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan3 hr
Sep 28, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan46 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes in 2007

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.