Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2015, 7:03 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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
- Apr 2, 2015, 7:03 PM MDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2015, 7:33 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.
118
WFUS53 KGLD 030103
TORGLD
COC017-KSC199-030200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0005.150403T0103Z-150403T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
703 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTHERN WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT
* AT 703 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF WESKAN...OR 15 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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...
WESKAN.
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.
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 10218 3889 10214 3887 10153 3870 10157
3870 10178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 279DEG 24KT 3879 10206
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
0073 follow-up statements
304
WWUS53 KGLD 030107
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
707 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
COC017-KSC199-030200-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE KS-
707 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CHEYENNE AND SOUTHERN WALLACE COUNTIES...
AT 707 PM MDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WESKAN...OR 15 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. BLOWING DUST WITH
VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESKAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3871 10218 3889 10214 3887 10153 3870 10157
3870 10178
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 279DEG 24KT 3879 10207
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
007772
WWUS53 KGLD 030120
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
720 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
COC017-030129-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
720 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3870 10200 3871 10204 3872 10205 3889 10204
3887 10153 3870 10157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 273DEG 35KT 3879 10185
$$
KSC199-030200-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
WALLACE KS-
720 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN
WALLACE COUNTY...
AT 719 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WESKAN...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SHARON SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. BLOWING DUST PRODUCING NEAR
ZERO VISIBILITY.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WESKAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10200 3871 10204 3872 10205 3889 10204
3887 10153 3870 10157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 273DEG 35KT 3879 10185
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
007659
WWUS53 KGLD 030133
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
733 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
KSC199-030142-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150403T0200Z/
WALLACE KS-
733 PM MDT THU APR 2 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WALLACE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
GOODLAND.
LAT...LON 3870 10200 3871 10204 3872 10205 3889 10204
3887 10153 3870 10157
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 279DEG 24KT 3878 10173
$$
007The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 6:16 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 29 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 |
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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.