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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

May 22, 2008Sheridan County, Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2008, 5:18 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 42 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, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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, 5:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 W Menlo, KS	HEAVY RAIN

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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 599 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 651 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 222218
TORGLD
KSC179-193-222300-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0021.080522T2218Z-080522T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  EAST CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 517 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MENLO...
  MOVING NORTH AT 49 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  REXFORD AROUND 530 PM CDT...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 3952 10081 3948 10059 3920 10067 3923 10084
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 190DEG 42KT 3931 10070

$$

MCGUIRE

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGLD 222229
SVSGLD

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

KSC179-193-222300-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080522T2300Z/
THOMAS KS-SHERIDAN KS-
528 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL SHERIDAN AND EAST CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTIES...

AT 526 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MENLO...MOVING
NORTH AT 48 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF 
BALLS. AT 525 PM MDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED GOLF BALL HAIL 3 MILES WEST 
OF MENLO.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 3950 10073 3950 10068 3949 10067 3948 10063
      3929 10067 3936 10082 3940 10083 3952 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 190DEG 42KT 3942 10067

$$

MCGUIRE

000 
WWUS53 KGLD 222256
SVSGLD

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

KSC179-193-222305-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080522T2300Z/
THOMAS KS-SHERIDAN KS-
555 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL SHERIDAN AND EAST CENTRAL
THOMAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM MDT/600 PM CDT/...

THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS LEFT THE WARNED AREA.

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SHERIDAN COUNTY AS A 
TORNADO PRODUCING STORM MOVES NORTH BETWEEN SEGUIN AND HOXIE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 3950 10073 3950 10068 3949 10067 3948 10063
      3929 10067 3936 10082 3940 10083 3952 10081
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 190DEG 42KT 3973 10060

$$

MCGUIRE

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, 3:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	34 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, 5:29 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

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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.