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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Goodland, KS

April 24, 2015Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2015, 5:14 PM CDT for Wichita 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: Apr 24, 2015, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2015, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.25 in

County Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

671 
WFUS53 KGLD 242214
TORGLD
KSC203-242245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0013.150424T2214Z-150424T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
514 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 513 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF MODOC...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3830 10125 3838 10124 3840 10113 3830 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 271DEG 11KT 3834 10117 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

LUNDQUIST

3 follow-up statements

225 
WWUS53 KGLD 242221
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
521 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

KSC203-242245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150424T2245Z/
WICHITA KS-
521 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY...
    
AT 520 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF
MODOC...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3830 10124 3837 10121 3839 10113 3830 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 278DEG 11KT 3833 10115 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

LUNDQUIST

449 
WWUS53 KGLD 242227
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
527 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

KSC203-242245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150424T2245Z/
WICHITA KS-
527 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
WICHITA COUNTY...
    
AT 526 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF
MODOC...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EASTERN WICHITA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3830 10116 3836 10116 3837 10113 3830 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 271DEG 11KT 3833 10112 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

LUNDQUIST

456 
WWUS53 KGLD 242236
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
536 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

KSC203-242246-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-150424T2245Z/
WICHITA KS-
536 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN WICHITA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545
PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3830 10116 3836 10116 3837 10113 3830 10112
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 271DEG 11KT 3833 10112 

$$

DR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	15 min
Apr 24, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	39 min
Apr 24, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	49 min
Apr 24, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	39 min
Apr 24, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	27 min
Apr 24, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	47 min
Apr 24, 4:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	22 min
Apr 24, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	19 min
Apr 24, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	41 min
Apr 24, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	35 min
Apr 24, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	22 min
Apr 24, 5:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	27 min
Apr 24, 5:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	38 min
Apr 24, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	33 min
Apr 24, 6:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	23 min
Apr 24, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	62 min
Apr 24, 6:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	30 min
Apr 24, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	50 min
Apr 24, 6:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	31 min

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.