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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS

May 23, 2008Gove County, Graham County, Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 23, 2008, 6:10 PM CDT for Gove County, Graham County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. 4 reports 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 23, 2008, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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 23, 6:14 PM CDT	TORNADO	10 Ssw Quinter, KS	LARGE WEDGE TORNADO
May 23, 6:41 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	7 Se Hoxie, KS
May 23, 6:52 PM CDT	TORNADO	8 S Studley, KS	REPORT RELAYED FROM SPOTTER NETWORK. DESCRIBED AS A WEDGE TORNADO AT 652 PM CDT...A STOVE PIPE TORNADO BY 659 PM CDT
May 23, 7:16 PM CDT	TORNADO	7 N Quinter, 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 23, 2:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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: 143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -139 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 292 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KGLD 232310
TORGLD
KSC063-065-179-240015-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0039.080523T2310Z-080524T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
610 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 608 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
  A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF QUINTER...MOVING NORTH AT 34 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  QUINTER AND 9 MILES EAST OF PARK AROUND 625 PM CDT...
  SAINT PETER AROUND 645 PM CDT...
  MORLAND AND STUDLEY AROUND 700 PM CDT...
  7 MILES WEST OF PENOKEE AROUND 705 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 108.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SEEK BELOW GROUND SHELTER IMMEDIATELY...
OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID
WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR REINFORCED BUILDINGS.

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

LAT...LON 3938 9977 3911 9998 3911 10012 3911 10013
      3893 10012 3888 10016 3888 10041 3944 10035
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 195DEG 30KT 3895 10025

$$

MCGUIRE

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGLD 232315
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
515 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC063-065-179-240015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080524T0015Z/
SHERIDAN KS-GRAHAM KS-GOVE KS-
615 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GOVE...SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN
COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND LAW 
ENFORCEMENT WERE TRACKING A LARGE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 
7 MILES SOUTH OF QUINTER...MOVING NORTH AT 34 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  QUINTER AND PARK AROUND 625 PM CDT...
  SAINT PETER AROUND 640 PM CDT...
  TASCO AROUND 655 PM CDT...
  MORLAND...STUDLEY AND PENOKEE AROUND 700 PM CDT...
  HILL CITY AROUND 710 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 111.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. A 
WEDGE TORNADO WAS REPORTED MOVING TOWARDS QUINTER THIS STORM IS 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE 
PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

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

LAT...LON 3938 9977 3911 9998 3911 10012 3911 10013
      3893 10012 3888 10016 3888 10041 3944 10035
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 195DEG 30KT 3899 10024

$$

MCGUIRE

000 
WWUS53 KGLD 232322
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
521 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC063-065-179-240015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080524T0015Z/
SHERIDAN KS-GRAHAM KS-GOVE KS-
621 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GOVE...SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN
COUNTIES...

AT 617 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR QUINTER...MOVING NORTH AT 34 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 70 NEAR QUINTER OR MILE MARKER 106.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

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

LAT...LON 3938 9977 3911 9998 3911 10012 3911 10013
      3893 10012 3888 10016 3888 10041 3944 10035
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 195DEG 30KT 3904 10024

$$

MCGUIRE

000 
WWUS53 KGLD 232337
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
535 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC063-065-179-240015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080524T0015Z/
SHERIDAN KS-GRAHAM KS-GOVE KS-
635 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GOVE...SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN
COUNTIES...

AT 631 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM
SPOTTERS WERE TRACKING TWO TORNADOES.  THE TORNADOES WERE LOCATED 9 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAINT PETER...OR NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE AND 
QUINTER...MOVING NORTH AT 34 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TASCO...STUDLEY...MORLAND...PENOKEE AND HILL CITY

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY

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

LAT...LON 3938 9977 3911 10000 3911 10012 3906 10013
      3910 10035 3944 10035
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 195DEG 30KT 3914 10022

$$

MCGUIRE

000 
WWUS53 KGLD 232345
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
545 PM MDT FRI MAY 23 2008

KSC063-232355-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080524T0015Z/
GOVE KS-
645 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

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

THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3938 9989 3913 10012 3913 10035 3918 10034
      3921 10035 3922 10034 3923 10035 3944 10035
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 195DEG 30KT 3922 10019

$$

KSC065-179-240015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080524T0015Z/
SHERIDAN KS-GRAHAM KS-
645 PM CDT FRI MAY 23 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES...

AT 640 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS OCCURRING.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6
MILES WEST OF SAINT PETER...MOVING NORTH AT 34 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TASCO...STUDLEY...MORLAND AND PENOKEE

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 3938 9989 3913 10012 3913 10035 3918 10034
      3921 10035 3922 10034 3923 10035 3944 10035
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 195DEG 30KT 3922 10019

$$

MCGUIRE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:09 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita	4 hr
May 22, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur	48 min
May 22, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	59 min
May 22, 7:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton, Sheridan	44 min
May 22, 7:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	6 hr
May 22, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Norton	49 min
May 22, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	57 min
May 22, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	20 min
May 22, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Graham	38 min
May 22, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	58 min
May 22, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	47 min
May 22, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	41 min
May 23, 4:31 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more	16 hr
May 23, 4:41 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace, Wichita	16 hr
May 23, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	39 min
May 23, 8:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur	53 min
May 23, 9:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	21 min
May 23, 11:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	GLD	Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 2 more	17 hr
May 23, 1:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Rawlins	18 hr
May 23, 1:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins, Thomas	66 min
May 23, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	67 min
May 23, 2:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur	18 hr
May 23, 3:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	58 min
May 23, 3:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	64 min
May 23, 3:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Gove, Sheridan	38 min
May 23, 4:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove, Graham, Sheridan	53 min
May 23, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas	67 min
May 23, 4:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan, Thomas	42 min
May 23, 4:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	6 hr
May 23, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas, Wichita	38 min
May 23, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	53 min
May 23, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas	60 min
May 23, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	60 min
May 23, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Thomas	26 min
May 23, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Thomas	10 min
May 23, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan, Thomas	24 min
May 23, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	61 min
May 23, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	26 min
May 23, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	39 min
May 23, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas	42 min
May 23, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton, Sheridan	52 min
May 23, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Sheridan	44 min
May 23, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	21 min
May 23, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Wallace	24 min
May 23, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	34 min
May 23, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Graham, Sheridan	62 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.