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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 18 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
- Jun 5, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2015, 8:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
054
WFUS53 KGLD 060115
TORGLD
KSC193-060145-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0063.150606T0115Z-150606T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
815 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 815 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF COLBY...MOVING NORTH 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
NORTH CENTRAL THOMAS 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 3949 10105 3950 10114 3957 10114 3957 10104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 186DEG 11KT 3953 10110
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
LUNDQUIST3 follow-up statements
002
WWUS53 KGLD 060118
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
818 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015
KSC193-060145-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-150606T0145Z/
THOMAS KS-
818 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY...
AT 818 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF
COLBY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO NORTH OF COLBY.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A
BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR
IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3949 10105 3950 10114 3957 10114 3957 10104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 187DEG 12KT 3955 10109
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
LUNDQUIST538
WWUS53 KGLD 060123
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
823 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015
KSC193-060145-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-150606T0145Z/
THOMAS KS-
823 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY...
AT 823 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF
COLBY...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL THOMAS 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 3954 10104 3954 10114 3957 10114 3957 10104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 186DEG 11KT 3957 10109
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
LUNDQUIST265
WWUS53 KGLD 060133
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
833 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015
KSC193-060143-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-150606T0145Z/
THOMAS KS-
833 PM CDT FRI JUN 5 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL THOMAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3954 10104 3954 10114 3957 10114 3957 10104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 186DEG 11KT 3962 10111
$$
LUNDQUISTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 22 min |
| Jun 5, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 8:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 43 min |
| Jun 5, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 4 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 22 min |
| Jun 5, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Thomas | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 11:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 41 min |
| Jun 6, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 18 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.