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Tornado Warning 69, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2008, 3:46 PM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 5, 2008, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2008, 4:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Graham County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 367 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 402 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KGLD 052046
TORGLD
KSC065-052130-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0069.080605T2046Z-080605T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
346 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SAINT PETER...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAKEENEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 64 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOGUE AROUND 405 PM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NICODEMUS AROUND 410 PM CDT...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 3945 9958 3914 9959 3912 9961 3912 9979
3911 9981 3912 10008 3923 10014 3950 9960
3949 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 237DEG 56KT 3911 9992
$$
LOCKHART2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KGLD 052102
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
302 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008
KSC065-052130-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080605T2130Z/
GRAHAM KS-
402 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY...
AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
BOGUE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 52 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NICODEMUS AROUND 410 PM CDT...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 3914 9959 3912 9961 3912 9979 3911 9981
3916 9989 3929 10000 3950 9961 3948 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 233DEG 45KT 3925 9966
$$
JRM000
WWUS53 KGLD 052121
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
320 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008
KSC065-052130-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0069.000000T0000Z-080605T2130Z/
GRAHAM KS-
420 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS LEFT THE WARNED AREA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 3914 9959 3912 9961 3912 9979 3911 9981
3916 9989 3929 10000 3950 9961 3948 9959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 233DEG 45KT 3938 9943
$$
JRMWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 5, 2:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 134 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 .DISCUSSION... 133 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE... DEEP H5 TROUGH IS CURRENTLY EJECTING OFF THE ROCKIES GIVING WAY TO HEIGHT FALLS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. THIS H5 TROUGH IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TRAVERSING NORTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. IN RESPONSE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH THE MAIN IMPACTS LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS. THE 18Z RUC SHOWS AMPLE 0-1 KM AND 0-3 KM AGL HELICITY VALUES TO SUPPORT A ISOLATED TORNADOES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 6 PM MDT (7 PM CDT) THIS EVENING. FURTHER EAST INTO CENTRAL KS/OK/NE A PDS TORNADO WATCH BOX HAS BEEN ISSUED AS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED DUE TO THE COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTH AND A DRYLINE PUSHING EAST. DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN TODAY OVER YUMA AND DUNDY COUNTIES...HAVE ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING AS OVER ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH TODAYS THUNDERSTORMS. WILL NEED TO KEEP MONITORING FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE THREAT OF MORE RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. AFTER THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OUT OF THE THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING...EXPECT A QUICK BREAK IN THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH TEMPERATURES RECOVERING INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S AND LOWER 90S. H5 FLOW BEHIND THE LOW BECOMES OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST WITH SURFACE WINDS INCREASING OUT OF THE SOUTH. THIS WILL AID IN 850 MB TEMPERATURES INCREASING NEAR 35 DEGREES CELSIUS OVER THE SOUTHERN 2/3 PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR FIRE WEATHER ISSUES AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP NEAR NEAR THE CRITICAL THRESHOLD. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS SHORTWAVE TROUGHS EMBEDDED IN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW PUSH THROUGH THE REGION. EXPECT THUNDERSTORM POSSIBILITIES TO REMAIN THROUGH MID WEEK WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. BURTIS && .AVIATION... 1218 PM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 FOR THE 18Z TAF CYCLE...ALTHOUGH VFR CONDITIONS ARE NOW IN PLACE FOR BOTH KGLD AND KMCK...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WILL LIKELY BRING BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS THROUGH ABOUT 03Z...AFTER WHICH CEILINGS AND SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR. BY 09Z...CALM AND VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN TO THE REGION. BLM && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NEZ079. CO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR COZ090. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 11:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1053 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-061645- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1053 AM MDT THU JUN 5 2008 /1153 AM CDT THU JUN 5 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOS WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS TODAY. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN YUMA AND NORTHWEST DUNDY COUNTIES WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL YESTERDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY FROM SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK. ALTHOUGH THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS CURRENTLY LOW...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE PRODUCED BY ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. LOCKHART
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:17 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
217 PM MDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0214 PM TORNADO 10 S GOVE 38.81N 100.49W
06/05/2008 GOVE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
BRIEF TORNADO
&&
KJAMESLocal storm report, Jun 5, 3:19 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
219 PM MDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0213 PM TORNADO 6 N SHIELDS 38.71N 100.45W
06/05/2008 GOVE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
KJAMESLocal storm report, Jun 5, 3:28 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
228 PM MDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0213 PM TORNADO 22 SW QUINTER 38.84N 100.52W
06/05/2008 GOVE KS PUBLIC
&&
KJAMESLocal storm report, Jun 5, 3:31 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
231 PM MDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM HAIL OBERLIN 39.82N 100.53W
06/05/2008 E1.50 INCH DECATUR KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
KJAMESLocal storm report, Jun 5, 3:33 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
233 PM MDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0233 PM HAIL OBERLIN 39.82N 100.53W
06/05/2008 E1.75 INCH DECATUR KS TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
KJAMESLocal storm report, Jun 5, 3:43 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
243 PM MDT THU JUN 05 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0157 PM HAIL 14 S HERNDON 39.71N 100.79W
06/05/2008 E1.75 INCH RAWLINS KS PUBLIC
&&
KJAMESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 5:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 6:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 7:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman, Thomas | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 67 min |
| Jun 5, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Thomas | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Thomas | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.