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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2014, 6:29 PM CDT for Logan County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 9, 2014, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
Counties Logan County, KS, Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
865
WFUS53 KGLD 092329
TORGLD
KSC109-193-100000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0028.140809T2329Z-140810T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
629 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTH CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 625 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF WINONA...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
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...
MONUMENT AND OAKLEY.
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
GOODLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3917 10082 3892 10082 3897 10124 3915 10124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 271DEG 18KT 3906 10112
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
BULLER2 follow-up statements
961
WWUS53 KGLD 092350
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
550 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014
KSC193-100001-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140810T0000Z/
THOMAS KS-
650 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3913 10115 3913 10082 3892 10082 3896 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 270DEG 38KT 3906 10086
$$
KSC109-100000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140810T0000Z/
LOGAN KS-
650 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY
UNTIL 700 PM CDT...
AT 648 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OAKLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
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...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY.
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.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. AS A LAST
RESORT...PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
GOODLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10115 3913 10082 3892 10082 3896 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 270DEG 38KT 3906 10086
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
BULLER169 WWUS53 KGLD 092359 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 559 PM MDT SAT AUG 9 2014 KSC109-100009- /O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140810T0000Z/ LOGAN KS- 659 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT/700 PM CDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3913 10115 3913 10082 3892 10082 3896 10112 TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 270DEG 38KT 3906 10075 $$ BULLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 6:45 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 25 min |
| Aug 9, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 52 min |
| Aug 9, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 55 min |
| Aug 9, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 46 min |
| Aug 9, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 17 min |
| Aug 9, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 37 min |
| Aug 9, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 58 min |
| Aug 9, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 62 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.