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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2015, 7:40 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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 16, 2015, 7:40 PM MDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2015, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 1121 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
584
WFUS53 KGLD 170140
TORGLD
KSC071-203-170215-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0007.150417T0140Z-150417T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
740 PM MDT THU APR 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
WESTERN WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/
* AT 740 PM MDT /840 PM CDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRIBUNE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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 GREELEY AND WESTERN WICHITA COUNTIES.
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 3841 10168 3841 10149 3827 10157 3827 10170
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 210DEG 14KT 3832 10162
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
DR2 follow-up statements
985
WWUS53 KGLD 170150
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
750 PM MDT THU APR 16 2015
KSC071-203-170215-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150417T0215Z/
GREELEY KS-WICHITA KS-
750 PM MDT THU APR 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT/915 PM CDT/
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY AND SOUTHWESTERN WICHITA COUNTIES...
AT 749 PM MDT /849 PM CDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRIBUNE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY AND SOUTHWESTERN WICHITA COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3841 10168 3841 10149 3829 10156 3829 10168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0149Z 207DEG 13KT 3835 10161
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
DR724
WWUS53 KGLD 170209
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
809 PM MDT THU APR 16 2015
KSC071-203-170219-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150417T0215Z/
GREELEY KS-WICHITA KS-
809 PM MDT THU APR 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY AND SOUTHWESTERN
WICHITA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM MDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3841 10168 3841 10149 3829 10156 3829 10168
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 210DEG 14KT 3835 10161
$$
DRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 7:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 8:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 2 min |
| Apr 16, 8:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 8:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 4:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 66 min |
| Apr 17, 4:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 4:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 30 min |
| Apr 17, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 25 min |
| Apr 17, 5:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 26 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.