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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2015, 4:16 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
- Sep 9, 2015, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2015, 4:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 463 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
752
WFUS53 KGLD 092116
TORGLD
KSC193-092200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0079.150909T2116Z-150909T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
416 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 416 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF GEM...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
COLBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
REXFORD...GEM...MENLO...MINGO AND HALFORD.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 69.
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.
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 3917 10096 3956 10105 3957 10098 3957 10072
3926 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 331DEG 17KT 3949 10088
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
BULLER2 follow-up statements
982
WWUS53 KGLD 092142
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
442 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2015
KSC193-092200-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-150909T2200Z/
THOMAS KS-
442 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
THOMAS COUNTY...
AT 441 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENLO...OR 12 MILES EAST OF COLBY...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GEM...MENLO...MINGO AND HALFORD.
REXFORD IS NO LONGER IN THE WARNING.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 59 AND 69.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3917 10096 3956 10105 3957 10098 3957 10086
3944 10072 3926 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 331DEG 17KT 3938 10080
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
BULLER551
WWUS53 KGLD 092148
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
448 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2015
KSC193-092157-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-150909T2200Z/
THOMAS KS-
448 PM CDT WED SEP 9 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN THOMAS 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. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL....
GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
GOODLAND.
LAT...LON 3917 10096 3956 10105 3957 10098 3957 10086
3944 10072 3926 10072
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 331DEG 17KT 3935 10078
$$
BULLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 29 min |
| Sep 9, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 51 min |
| Sep 9, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 55 min |
| Sep 9, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 53 min |
| Sep 9, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 40 min |
| Sep 9, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 66 min |
| Sep 9, 5:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 61 min |
| Sep 9, 6:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Thomas | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 47 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.