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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Goodland, KS

November 16, 2015Gove County, Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2015, 5:17 PM CST for Gove County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2015, 5:17 PM CST (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2015, 5:45 PM CST
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

Counties Gove County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 16, 5:20 PM CSTTORNADO4 Se Grinnell, KSSMALL TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
Nov 16, 5:31 PM CSTTORNADO3 Wsw Grainfield, KSTORNADO ON THE GROUND 1MI SOUTH OF I-70.
Nov 16, 5:38 PM CSTTORNADOGrainfield, KSTORNADO REPORTED IN GRAINFIELD WITH DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS TREES. POWER LINES DOWN, WINDOWS BROKEN AND SHEDS DESTROYED.
Nov 16, 5:43 PM CSTTORNADO15 S Hoxie, KSLAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT OF TORNADO. POWER LINES DOWN ALONG K-23.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 16, 3:34 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 2015-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2015-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

079 
WFUS53 KGLD 162317
TORGLD
KSC063-179-162345-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0080.151116T2317Z-151116T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
517 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 545 PM CST
    
* AT 516 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GOVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR 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...
  GRAINFIELD...GRINNELL...GOVE AND PARK. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 85 AND
102.
 
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 3891 10053 3896 10070 3929 10058 3921 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 210DEG 30KT 3898 10056 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

HUSTED
2 follow-up statements
210 
WWUS53 KGLD 162326
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
526 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

KSC063-179-162345-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-151116T2345Z/
GOVE KS-SHERIDAN KS-
526 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL GOVE AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES...
    
AT 525 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GRAINFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 525 CST...A TORNADO
         WAS REPORTED 5 NORTHWEST OF GOVE. 

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...
GRAINFIELD AND PARK. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 88 AND
102.
 
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 3898 10047 3901 10062 3929 10058 3921 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2325Z 210DEG 30KT 3905 10051 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

HUSTED
129 
WWUS53 KGLD 162337
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
537 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

KSC063-179-162345-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-151116T2345Z/
GOVE KS-SHERIDAN KS-
537 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL GOVE AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES...
    
AT 536 PM CST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GRAINFIELD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 536 CST...A TORNADO
         CONTINUES IN NORTHERN GOVE COUNTY NEAR INTERSTATE 70. 

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...
GRAINFIELD AND PARK. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 IN KANSAS BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 99.
 
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 3907 10043 3909 10054 3928 10054 3921 10018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 203DEG 31KT 3914 10047 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

HUSTED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 5:02 AM CSTBlizzard WarningGLDCheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more47 hr
Nov 16, 2:09 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGLDDecatur, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 3 more37 hr
Nov 16, 2:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace20 min
Nov 16, 3:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace15 min
Nov 16, 3:15 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman30 min
Nov 16, 3:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas38 min
Nov 16, 3:43 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley17 min
Nov 16, 3:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas28 min
Nov 16, 3:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita26 min
Nov 16, 3:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley18 min
Nov 16, 4:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace42 min
Nov 16, 4:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins31 min
Nov 16, 4:16 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita29 min
Nov 16, 4:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita51 min
Nov 16, 4:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan50 min
Nov 16, 4:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins48 min
Nov 16, 4:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman27 min
Nov 16, 4:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman38 min
Nov 16, 5:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas38 min
Nov 16, 5:21 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas24 min
Nov 16, 5:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins21 min
Nov 16, 5:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas52 min
Nov 16, 5:43 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDSheridan32 min
Nov 16, 5:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas45 min
Nov 16, 5:50 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.