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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS

June 4, 2015Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2015, 7:59 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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: Jun 4, 2015, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2015, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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
Jun 4, 8:10 PM CDT	HAIL 3	4 Nnw Pendennis, KS	CRATERS IN THE GROUND FROM HAIL...MEASURED POST STORM BY STORM CHASER. TIME IS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:06 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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: 2115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 11.3

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The text

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

200 
WFUS53 KGLD 050059 RRA
TORGLD
KSC063-050130-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0049.150605T0059Z-150605T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
759 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
    
* AT 758 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF PENDENNIS...MOVING EAST AT 
  10 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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. 

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

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10044 3872 10047 3879 10015 3870 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 252DEG 20KT 3871 10032 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

MENTZER

2 follow-up statements

324 
WWUS53 KGLD 050117
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
817 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

KSC063-050130-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150605T0130Z/
GOVE KS-
817 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY...
    
AT 816 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF PENDENNIS...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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. 

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

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10044 3872 10047 3879 10015 3870 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 234DEG 4KT 3871 10036 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

MENTZER

097 
WWUS53 KGLD 050129
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
829 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

KSC063-050138-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150605T0130Z/
GOVE KS-
829 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 PM CDT...
    
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY
AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3870 10044 3872 10047 3879 10015 3870 10016
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 252DEG 20KT 3871 10036 

$$

MENTZER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	51 min
Jun 4, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins	30 min
Jun 4, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	35 min
Jun 4, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	20 min
Jun 4, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	67 min
Jun 4, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	19 min
Jun 4, 8:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	42 min
Jun 4, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	60 min
Jun 4, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur	28 min
Jun 4, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	65 min
Jun 4, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	68 min
Jun 4, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	33 min
Jun 4, 9:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	6 hr
Jun 4, 9:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Sheridan	49 min
Jun 4, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	60 min
Jun 4, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	62 min
Jun 4, 10:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Gove	3 hr
Jun 4, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	38 min
Jun 4, 11:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	59 min
Jun 4, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan	44 min
Jun 4, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	66 min
Jun 5, 12:47 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace	9 hr
Jun 5, 6:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman	7 hr
Jun 5, 6:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	17 min
Jun 5, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.