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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Goodland, KS

October 8, 2011Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2011, 12:23 AM CDT for Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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
Oct 8, 2011, 12:23 AM CDT (05:23 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Logan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 7, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 442 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
442 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

919 
WFUS53 KGLD 080523
TORGLD
KSC109-080600-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0067.111008T0523Z-111008T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1223 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1219 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL SPRINGS...AND WAS
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RUSSELL SPRINGS AND WINONA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3871 10149 3911 10143 3909 10089 3870 10126
      3870 10142 3870 10148
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 213DEG 43KT 3877 10133
HAIL 1.25IN
$$

JRM
1 follow-up statement
122 
WWUS53 KGLD 080552
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1152 PM MDT FRI OCT 7 2011

KSC109-080603-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-111008T0600Z/
LOGAN KS-
1252 AM CDT SAT OCT 8 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LOGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT
MDT/100 AM CDT/...

THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT 
FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3871 10149 3911 10143 3909 10089 3870 10126
      3870 10142 3870 10148
TIME...MOT...LOC 0553Z 213DEG 43KT 3907 10108
$$

JRM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan37 min
Oct 7, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan, Thomas21 min
Oct 7, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Sheridan37 min
Oct 7, 7:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan18 min
Oct 7, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Sheridan35 min
Oct 7, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur31 min
Oct 7, 8:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWichita6 hr
Oct 7, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita29 min
Oct 7, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita41 min
Oct 7, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove17 min
Oct 7, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove25 min
Oct 7, 10:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita12 min
Oct 7, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Sheridan18 min
Oct 7, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove35 min
Oct 7, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita30 min
Oct 7, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Wichita54 min
Oct 7, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan64 min
Oct 7, 10:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan4 hr
Oct 7, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Sheridan34 min
Oct 7, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita49 min
Oct 7, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton44 min
Oct 7, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Greeley, Logan, Wichita40 min
Oct 7, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton, Sheridan48 min
Oct 7, 11:38 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWichita37 min
Oct 8, 12:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan, Wichita3 hr
Oct 8, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace, Wichita49 min
Oct 8, 12:18 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan27 min
Oct 8, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas38 min
Oct 8, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan34 min
Oct 8, 2:52 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 2 more12 hr
Oct 8, 10:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGLDNorton26 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.