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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Goodland, KS

May 28, 2015Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2015, 4:28 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
May 28, 2015, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Observed
Hail
2.5 in

County Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 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.

717 
WFUS53 KGLD 282128
TORGLD
KSC203-282200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0045.150528T2128Z-150528T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
428 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 427 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF LEOTI...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHEAST 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 3827 10113 3827 10136 3846 10136 3846 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 252DEG 15KT 3835 10123 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

DLF
2 follow-up statements
006 
WWUS53 KGLD 282142
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
442 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

KSC203-282200-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150528T2200Z/
WICHITA KS-
442 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY...
    
AT 439 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF MARIENTHAL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES TWO 
INTENSE CIRCULATIONS...ONE SIX MILES AND ANOTHER TEN MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF MARIENTHAL. THESE CIRCULATIONS ARE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO 
SOUTHWEST SCOTT COUNTY IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL SOUTHEAST 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 3827 10113 3827 10136 3846 10136 3846 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 252DEG 15KT 3837 10115 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN

$$

DLF
341 
WWUS53 KGLD 282158
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
458 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

KSC203-282205-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150528T2200Z/
WICHITA KS-
458 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST INTO SCOTT 
COUNTY. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3827 10113 3827 10136 3846 10136 3846 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 252DEG 15KT 3837 10115 

$$

DLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins56 min
May 27, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan, Thomas61 min
May 27, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchGLDCheyenne, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman and 2 more21 hr
May 28, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley55 min
May 28, 2:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley4 hr
May 28, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley23 min
May 28, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace21 min
May 28, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita23 min
May 28, 3:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWichita6 hr
May 28, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWichita37 min
May 28, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace48 min
May 28, 5:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove43 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.