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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
DLF2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KGLD 282142
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
442 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
KSC203-282200-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150528T2200Z/
WICHITA KS-
442 PM CDT THU MAY 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY...
AT 439 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF MARIENTHAL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES TWO
INTENSE CIRCULATIONS...ONE SIX MILES AND ANOTHER TEN MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHEAST OF MARIENTHAL. THESE CIRCULATIONS ARE ABOUT TO MOVE INTO
SOUTHWEST SCOTT COUNTY IN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL SOUTHEAST WICHITA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3827 10113 3827 10136 3846 10136 3846 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 252DEG 15KT 3837 10115
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
DLF341
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
$$
DLFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 56 min |
| May 27, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 61 min |
| May 27, 11:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman and 2 more | 21 hr |
| May 28, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 55 min |
| May 28, 2:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Greeley | 4 hr |
| May 28, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 23 min |
| May 28, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 21 min |
| May 28, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 23 min |
| May 28, 3:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Wichita | 6 hr |
| May 28, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 37 min |
| May 28, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 48 min |
| May 28, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 43 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.