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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT for Logan County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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 30, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Logan County, KS, Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 5:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 10 Nnw Winona, KS | |
| May 30, 5:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 3 W Monument, KS |
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 30, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1567 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
556 WFUS53 KGLD 302215 TORGLD KSC109-193-302245- /O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0008.120530T2215Z-120530T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 515 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF WINONA...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO HEN EGG SIZE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WINONA AND RUSSELL SPRINGS. 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 3894 10089 3882 10130 3920 10135 3923 10109 TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 328DEG 27KT 3914 10121 HAIL 2.00IN $$ JRM
3 follow-up statements
141 WWUS53 KGLD 302223 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 423 PM MDT WED MAY 30 2012 KSC109-193-302245- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120530T2245Z/ THOMAS KS-LOGAN KS- 523 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN LOGAN AND SOUTH CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF WINONA...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO HEN EGG SIZE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WINONA AND RUSSELL SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3894 10089 3882 10130 3920 10135 3923 10109 TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 327DEG 22KT 3912 10119 HAIL 2.00IN $$ JRM
005 WWUS53 KGLD 302231 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 431 PM MDT WED MAY 30 2012 KSC193-302241- /O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120530T2245Z/ THOMAS KS- 531 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3913 10130 3913 10102 3894 10089 3882 10128 TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 317DEG 23KT 3908 10114 $$ KSC109-302245- /O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120530T2245Z/ LOGAN KS- 531 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT... AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINONA...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE JUST EAST OF WINONA. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO HEN EGG SIZE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RUSSELL SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3913 10130 3913 10102 3894 10089 3882 10128 TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 317DEG 23KT 3908 10114 HAIL 2.00IN $$ JRM
007 WWUS53 KGLD 302242 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 442 PM MDT WED MAY 30 2012 KSC109-302252- /O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120530T2245Z/ LOGAN KS- 542 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM MDT/545 PM 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 3913 10130 3913 10102 3894 10089 3882 10128 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 317DEG 23KT 3903 10108 $$ JRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 21 min |
| May 30, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 18 min |
| May 30, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 59 min |
| May 30, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 12 min |
| May 30, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 66 min |
| May 30, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 61 min |
| May 30, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 30 min |
| May 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 55 min |
| May 30, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 43 min |
| May 30, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 20 min |
| May 30, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 46 min |
| May 30, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 27 min |
| May 30, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 39 min |
| May 30, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 54 min |
| May 30, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 37 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.