Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 79, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2008, 7:18 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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
- Jun 18, 2008, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Gove County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:18 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Park, KS | |
| Jun 18, 7:28 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 N Quinter, KS | |
| Jun 18, 7:30 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 3 Ese Quinter, KS | ALSO REPORTED 65 MPH MEASURED WIND GUSTS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KGLD 190018
TORGLD
KSC063-190045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0079.080619T0018Z-080619T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
718 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 715 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PARK...
MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
QUINTER AROUND 725 PM CDT...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 111.
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 3898 10013 3897 10015 3906 10043 3913 10040
3913 10013 3912 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 291DEG 21KT 3910 10029
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KGLD 190032
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
632 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008
KSC063-190045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080619T0045Z/
GOVE KS-
732 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY...
AT 729 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR QUINTER...MOVING
EAST AT 24 MPH.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 111.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3898 10013 3897 10015 3906 10043 3913 10040
3913 10013 3912 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 291DEG 21KT 3903 10023
$$000
WWUS53 KGLD 190045
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
643 PM MDT WED JUN 18 2008
KSC063-190053-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-080619T0045Z/
GOVE KS-
743 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM CDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS MOVED EAST OF GOVE COUNTY.
HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM CDT.
LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF TENNIS BALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN EXTREME EASTERN GOVE COUNTY ALONG THE TREGO LINE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 3898 10013 3897 10015 3906 10043 3913 10040
3913 10013 3912 10013
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 291DEG 21KT 3901 10015
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 27 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.