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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

May 22, 2008Gove County, Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT for Gove County, Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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: May 22, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2008, 3:49 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 22, 3:47 PM CDT	TORNADO	18 Sw Gove, KS	REPORT RELAYED FROM SPOTTER NETWORK

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 22, 1:52 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1191 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -320 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 222015
TORGLD
KSC063-109-222115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0013.080522T2015Z-080522T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
315 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

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 415 PM CDT

* AT 312 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF THE MONUMENT ROCKS...MOVING NORTH AT 54 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MONUMENT AND OAKLEY AROUND 335 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 75 AND 79.

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 3913 10108 3913 10073 3874 10072 3873 10098
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 170DEG 47KT 3885 10088

$$

KILLINGSWORTH

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGLD 222029
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
229 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008

KSC063-109-222115-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080522T2115Z/
LOGAN KS-GOVE KS-
329 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GOVE AND NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES...

AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF
OAKLEY...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE MONUMENT ROCKS...MOVING NORTH
AT 54 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  OAKLEY AND MONUMENT AROUND 340 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 75 AND 79.

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 3913 10108 3913 10073 3881 10073 3881 10096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 170DEG 47KT 3897 10087

$$

KILLINGSWORTH

000 
WWUS53 KGLD 222049
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
247 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008

KSC063-109-222057-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080522T2115Z/
LOGAN KS-GOVE KS-
347 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...

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

A NEW TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WESTERN GOVE COUNTY...FOR 
A DOPPLER INDICATED TORNADO IN SOUTHWESTERN GOVE COUNTY. THE 
POSSIBLE TORNADO IS MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 50 MPH.

LAT...LON 3913 10108 3913 10073 3881 10073 3881 10096
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 170DEG 47KT 3920 10092

$$

KILLINGSWORTH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	63 min
May 22, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	62 min
May 22, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	53 min
May 22, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	56 min
May 22, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	38 min
May 22, 3:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	48 min
May 22, 3:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	16 min
May 22, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	64 min
May 22, 4:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sheridan	67 min
May 22, 4:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	55 min
May 22, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	61 min
May 22, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	47 min
May 22, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	60 min
May 22, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	64 min
May 22, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	57 min
May 22, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	34 min
May 22, 5:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan	65 min
May 22, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	62 min
May 22, 5:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	59 min
May 22, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sheridan, Thomas	42 min
May 22, 5:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Norton	43 min
May 22, 5:42 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	48 min
May 22, 5:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	50 min
May 22, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	60 min
May 22, 6:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	57 min
May 22, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove, Graham, Sheridan	60 min
May 22, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur	41 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.