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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2015, 11:12 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 33 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
- May 9, 2015, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2015, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 11:26 PM CDT | TORNADO | 6 Ssw Mccook, NE | STORM SPOTTER REPORTS AN INTERMITTENT TORNADO ON THE GROUND 6 MILES SSW OF MCCOOK, NE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 14 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 9, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 514 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 731 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
151
WFUS53 KGLD 100412
TORGLD
NEC145-100445-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0027.150510T0412Z-150510T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1112 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 1112 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST
OF HERNDON...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF MCCOOK...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS 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
SOUTHWESTERN RED WILLOW 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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 4016 10051 4000 10053 4000 10076 4015 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 0412Z 177DEG 23KT 4001 10066
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DR1 follow-up statement
502
WWUS53 KGLD 100441
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1141 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
NEC145-100450-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150510T0445Z/
RED WILLOW NE-
1141 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1145 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST
RED WILLOW COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 4016 10051 4000 10053 4000 10076 4015 10076
TIME...MOT...LOC 0438Z 177DEG 23KT 4001 10066
$$
DRWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 9, 6:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 6:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 520 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 240 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015 CURRENTLY MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA (EXCEPT WESTERN FRINGE OF YUMA COUNTY) REMAINS UNDER A LARGE AMOUNT OF DRY AIR ALOFT WHICH DESPITE SOME CLEARING AND INCREASING INSTABILITY HAS DELAYED THUNDERSTORM INITIATION. LATEST RUC/18Z NAM/HRRR SUGGESTING NEXT SPOKE OF ENERGY TO EJECT FROM PARENT UPPER LOW INTO SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE AREA AROUND 23Z LIFTING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. AFTER MIDNIGHT CENTER OF WOUND UP UPPER LOW MOVES NORTHEAST TOWARD YUMA COUNTY WITH WRAPAROUND PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHWEST 1/2 OF THE AREA. DURING THE DAY SUNDAY UPPER LOW LIFTS INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WRAPAROUND PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED IN THE 09Z-13Z OR 14Z TIMEFRAME FROM NEAR WAUNETA TO STRATTON TO KIT CARSON COUNTY. ANY ACCUMULATION SHOULD BE CONFINED TO GRASSY AREAS. ELSEWHERE WINDS INCREASE FOR MANY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT RANGE FROM THE LOW 30S FOR FAR EASTERN COLORADO TO AROUND 50 IN NORTON AND HILL CITY. HIGH TEMPERATURES SUNDAY IN THE MID 40S WEST TO AROUND 60 HILL CITY. REGARDING FROST/FREEZE HEADLINES. BASED ON CURRENT FORECAST NOT QUITE HALF OF YUMA COUNTY AND TO A LESSER EXTENT KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTY COLORADO WOULD SEE FROST CONDITIONS...THIS IS ALSO THE AREA I AM ANTICIPATING SNOW. SO FOR NOW WILL NOT ISSUE ANY HIGHLITES. IF A GREATER AREA OF YUMA COUNTY GETS INTO THE LOW 30S A FROST HEADLINE WOULD BE NEEDED. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 138 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015 QUIET WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST AREA BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH AT LEAST MID-DAY TUESDAY. DURING THIS TIME FRAME...THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS FROST/FREEZE POTENTIAL. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...THERE ARE A FEW FORECAST ASPECTS THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED. IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT UNDER CLEARING SKIES. THESE COMPETING FACTORS INTRODUCE UNCERTAINTY INTO THE LOW TEMPERATURES FORECAST AND THUS FROST/FREEZE CONCERNS. CURRENT FORECAST IS SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY'S RUN WITH LOW TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MID 30S ALONG/WEST OF HIGHWAY 25 AND IN THE LOW 30S ALONG/WEST OF HIGHWAY 27. THERE MAY EVEN BE SOME UPPER 20S OBSERVED OVER EAST COLORADO WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION PERSISTING. FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...COLD LOW TEMPERATURES ARE ONCE AGAIN FORECAST. THIS TIME...LIGHT WINDS ARE LIKELY IN ADDITION TO CLEAR SKIES. THE LIGHT WINDS WILL BE THE RESULT OF A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER PASSING DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. THESE ARE PRIME CONDITIONS FOR EFFECTIVE RADIATIONAL COOLING AND RAPIDLY DROPPING TEMPERATURES. CURRENT FORECAST PREDICTS LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR OBSERVATIONS IN THE LOW 30S NEAR MCCOOK NEBRASKA AND NORTON KANSAS. BEGINNING TUESDAY EVENING...SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN ONCE AGAIN AS THE PATTERN SHIFTS FROM BRIEF SHORTWAVE RIDGING TO ANOTHER DEEP LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. INITIALLY...MOST CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY REMAINS ALONG THE COLORADO FRONT RANGE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. A MORE PRONOUNCED SHORTWAVE TROUGH ROTATES AROUND THE LONGWAVE TROUGH...EJECTING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS SHOULD BRING A BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS BUT CHANCES FOR SEVERE STORMS ARE A LITTLE UNCERTAIN AS MOISTURE RETURN AND THUS INCREASING INSTABILITY MAY BE LIMITED. FOR THURSDAY AND BEYOND...A WET PATTERN LOOKS TO RESUME AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY RETURN IN EARNEST OVER THE PLAINS. FORECAST SOLUTIONS VARY WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES LONGWAVE TROUGH. IT APPEARS THERE WILL BE SOME SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...PARTICULARLY ON SATURDAY IF FORECAST ELEMENTS COME TOGETHER. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 514 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015 MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT KGLD AND KMCK THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR SUNDAY MORNING AT BOTH SITES AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...99 LONG TERM...RRH AVIATION...FS
Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:00 PM CDT, 8 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 200 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-101200- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 200 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE NORTHEAST. ALL MODES OF SEVERE WEATHER REMAIN POSSIBLE INCLUDING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. SNOW IS EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR WAUNETA TO STRATTON TO KIT CARSON COLORADO. ANY ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY BE ON GRASSY SURFACES. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. THIS AREA WILL LIKELY SEE FROST CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED AN HOUR OR SO AFTER SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. ANY ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY BE ON GRASSY SURFACES. THIS AREA WILL ALSO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR FROST CONDITIONS. FROST IS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A TRENTON NEBRASKA TO LEOTI KANSAS LINE. FROST IS POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING NORTH OF A LINE FROM BENKELMAN TO HILL CITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THROUGH THIS EVENING.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 9, 9:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
857 PM MDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0855 PM TORNADO 7 ESE REXFORD 39.44N 100.62W
05/09/2015 SHERIDAN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS A LARGE, MULTI-VORTEX TORNADO ESE
OF REXFORD.
&&
T. LYNCHLocal storm report, May 9, 10:18 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
918 PM MDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0917 PM TORNADO 4 NNW SELDEN 39.60N 100.61W
05/09/2015 DECATUR KS PUBLIC
TORNADO ON THE GROUND NNW OF SELDEN.
&&
T. LYNCHLocal storm report, May 9, 10:26 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
926 PM MDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0924 PM TORNADO 7 NNW SELDEN 39.63N 100.62W
05/09/2015 DECATUR KS TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO ON THE GROUND 7 MILES NNW OF SELDEN.
&&
T. LYNCHLocal storm report, May 9, 10:27 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
927 PM MDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM HAIL 14 SSE BIRD CITY 39.57N 101.41W
05/09/2015 E1.25 INCH SHERMAN KS PUBLIC
REPORT OF 1.25 INCH HAIL.
&&
T. LYNCHSpecial weather statement, May 9, 10:30 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1030 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 KSZ001-002-100400- CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS KS- 1030 PM CDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN RAWLINS AND NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1030 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MCDONALD...OR 19 MILES WEST OF ATWOOD...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MCDONALD. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3964 10128 3965 10151 4000 10154 4000 10120 TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 182DEG 40KT 3974 10139 MK
Local storm report, May 9, 10:45 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
945 PM MDT SAT MAY 09 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0944 PM TORNADO 5 WSW OBERLIN 39.80N 100.62W
05/09/2015 DECATUR KS TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO STILL ON THE GROUND SW OF OBERLIN.
&&
T. LYNCHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Dundy | 6 hr |
| May 9, 10:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Dundy | 3 hr |
| May 9, 11:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 27 min |
| May 9, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 49 min |
| May 10, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 38 min |
| May 10, 4:27 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 30 hr |
| May 10, 3:35 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 41 hr |
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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.