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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2015, 6:16 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado; Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 29 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
- Apr 2, 2015, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2015, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 6:30 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | 2 N Cheyenne Wells, CO | ESTIMATED WINDS ARE 40 MPH WITH BLOWING DUST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
911
WFUS53 KGLD 030016
TORGLD
COC017-KSC071-199-030045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0004.150403T0016Z-150403T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
616 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM MDT
* AT 615 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
CHEYENNE WELLS...WESKAN...ARAPAHOE AND FIRSTVIEW.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 156.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GOODLAND.
&&
LAT...LON 3871 10257 3889 10257 3895 10183 3859 10186
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 271DEG 33KT 3881 10248
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
0073 follow-up statements
241
WWUS53 KGLD 030024
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
624 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
COC017-KSC071-199-030045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150403T0045Z/
CHEYENNE CO-GREELEY KS-WALLACE KS-
624 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE...NORTHWESTERN GREELEY AND SOUTHWESTERN WALLACE
COUNTIES...
AT 624 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHEYENNE WELLS...WESKAN...ARAPAHOE AND FIRSTVIEW.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 156.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3871 10257 3889 10257 3895 10183 3859 10186
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 271DEG 33KT 3881 10237
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
007266
WWUS53 KGLD 030037
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
637 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
COC017-KSC071-199-030045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150403T0045Z/
CHEYENNE CO-GREELEY KS-WALLACE KS-
637 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE...NORTHWESTERN GREELEY AND SOUTHWESTERN WALLACE
COUNTIES...
AT 636 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
CHEYENNE WELLS...WESKAN...ARAPAHOE AND FIRSTVIEW.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 156.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3871 10257 3889 10257 3895 10183 3859 10186
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 271DEG 31KT 3881 10224
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
007513
WWUS53 KGLD 030042
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
642 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
COC017-KSC071-199-030052-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150403T0045Z/
CHEYENNE CO-GREELEY KS-WALLACE KS-
642 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE...NORTHWESTERN
GREELEY AND SOUTHWESTERN WALLACE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM
MDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3871 10257 3889 10257 3895 10183 3859 10186
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 271DEG 33KT 3881 10224
$$
007The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 7:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 38 min |
| Apr 2, 6:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 50 min |
| Apr 2, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 63 min |
| Apr 2, 7:27 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 83 min |
| Apr 2, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 64 min |
| Apr 2, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 9:29 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 1:56 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 3 more | 30 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.