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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

June 27, 2014Thomas County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2014, 5:47 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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 27, 2014, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 27, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Thomas County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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 27, 5:58 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Brewster, 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
Jun 27, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -324 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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

837 
WFUS53 KGLD 272247
TORGLD
KSC193-272315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0021.140627T2247Z-140627T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
547 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 544 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BREWSTER...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
           TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
           LIKELY.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEVANT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 36 AND 48.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3922 10113 3919 10139 3949 10139 3955 10117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 244DEG 14KT 3934 10131

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

LOCKHART

1 follow-up statement

865 
WWUS53 KGLD 272307
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
507 PM MDT FRI JUN 27 2014

KSC193-272317-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140627T2315Z/
THOMAS KS-
607 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN THOMAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515
PM MDT/615 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 3922 10113 3919 10139 3949 10139 3955 10117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 244DEG 14KT 3937 10122

$$

LOCKHART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	61 min
Jun 26, 11:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	12 min
Jun 26, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace	59 min
Jun 27, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	36 min
Jun 27, 1:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	62 min
Jun 27, 2:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	47 min
Jun 27, 3:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	4 hr
Jun 27, 4:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	35 min
Jun 27, 4:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	41 min
Jun 27, 4:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more	10 hr
Jun 27, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	65 min
Jun 27, 5:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	28 min
Jun 27, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Sherman	16 min
Jun 27, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	63 min
Jun 27, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	42 min
Jun 27, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Thomas	39 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.