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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Goodland, KS

July 19, 2015Graham County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 2015, 3:17 AM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
Jul 19, 2015, 3:17 AM CDT (08:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2015, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated

County Graham County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 300 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3123 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

237 
WFUS53 KGLD 190817
TORGLD
KSC065-190845-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0074.150719T0817Z-150719T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
317 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 345 AM CDT
    
* AT 316 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NICODEMUS...OR 11 MILES EAST OF HILL
  CITY...MOVING EAST AT 30 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOGUE AND NICODEMUS. 

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 3934 9971 3946 9978 3954 9961 3953 9960
      3935 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0816Z 248DEG 25KT 3941 9965 

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

$$
2 follow-up statements
873 
WWUS53 KGLD 190827
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
327 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015

KSC065-190845-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-150719T0845Z/
GRAHAM KS-
327 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY...
    
AT 327 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER NICODEMUS...OR 12 MILES EAST OF HILL CITY...MOVING
EAST AT 20 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. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOGUE AND NICODEMUS. 

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 3934 9971 3946 9978 3954 9961 3953 9960
      3935 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0827Z 251DEG 19KT 3941 9961 

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

$$
226 
WWUS53 KGLD 190840
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
340 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015

KSC065-190849-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-150719T0845Z/
GRAHAM KS-
340 AM CDT SUN JUL 19 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
345 AM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3934 9971 3946 9978 3954 9961 3953 9960
      3935 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0837Z 248DEG 25KT 3941 9961 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne55 min
Jul 18, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace60 min
Jul 18, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace51 min
Jul 18, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne39 min
Jul 18, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins, Thomas17 min
Jul 18, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace40 min
Jul 18, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins47 min
Jul 18, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace52 min
Jul 18, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace51 min
Jul 19, 12:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas57 min
Jul 19, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan62 min
Jul 19, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove61 min
Jul 19, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham39 min
Jul 19, 2:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham52 min
Jul 19, 3:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham3 hr
Jul 19, 3:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchGLDGove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Sheridan, Sherman and 3 more6 hr
Jul 19, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace60 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.