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Tornado Warning 86, NWS Goodland, KS

September 28, 2007Gove County, Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 28, 2007, 6:44 PM CDT for Gove County, Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 46 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, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
46 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), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:43 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 282344
TORGLD
KSC063-109-290030-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0086.070928T2344Z-070929T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES SOUTH
  OF OAKLEY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MONUMENT ROCKS...    
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDTION TO THE TORNADO...STRONG     
  WINDS GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THIS    
  STORM.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRINNELL AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GOVE AROUND
  720 PM CDT...
  GRAINFIELD AROUND 730 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 76 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.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR
THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT.

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

LAT...LON 3881 10048 3875 10107 3898 10112 3914 10086
      3913 10044 3912 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 232DEG 26KT 3889 10082

$$

JRM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 290006
SVSGLD

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

KSC063-109-290030-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-070929T0030Z/
LOGAN KS-GOVE KS-
705 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
GOVE AND EASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 703 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTH OF
OAKLEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MONUMENT ROCKS...MOVING 
WEST AT 15 MPH. IN ADDITIONS TO THE POSSIBLE TORNADO...LARGE HAIL UP 
TO WALNUT SIZE AND 60 MPH OR GREATER WIND GUSTS WILL OCCUR WITH THIS 
STORM ACROSS LOGAN AND GOVE COUNTIES.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL EASTERN LOGAN COUNTY AROUND 720 PM CDT...
  RURAL CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY AROUND 730 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 76 AND 96.

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

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

LAT...LON 3881 10048 3875 10107 3898 10112 3914 10086
      3913 10044 3912 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 078DEG 14KT 3888 10090

$$

JRM
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 290013
SVSGLD

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

KSC063-109-290030-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0086.000000T0000Z-070929T0030Z/
LOGAN KS-GOVE KS-
712 PM CDT FRI SEP 28 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
GOVE AND EASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 707 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
GOVE...OR ABOUT NEAR THE MONUMENT ROCKS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.


THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 76 AND 96.

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

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

LAT...LON 3881 10048 3875 10107 3898 10112 3914 10086
      3913 10044 3912 10043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 241DEG 41KT 3884 10070

$$

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, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan31 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.