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Tornado Warning 82, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2015, 6:08 PM CST for Graham County, Norton County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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, 6:08 PM CST (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2015, 6:45 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 6:45 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lenora, KS | WINDOWS AND GARAGE DOORS BLOWN OUT/DAMAGED AT THE COOP. SIMILAR DAMAGE AND OTHER MINOR BUILDING DAMAGE ALSO OCCURRED IN THE TOWN. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 3:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 994 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 812 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
460
WFUS53 KGLD 170008
TORGLD
KSC065-137-179-170045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0082.151117T0008Z-151117T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
608 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
SOUTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
* UNTIL 645 PM CST
* AT 607 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF MORLAND...OR 12 MILES EAST OF
HOXIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. AT 602 PM CST...GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF TASCO.
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...
LENORA...MORLAND...NEW ALMELO...TASCO AND STUDLEY.
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 3927 10022 3936 10035 3968 10009 3953 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 217DEG 33KT 3939 10021
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
HUSTED3 follow-up statements
578
WWUS53 KGLD 170022
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
622 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC065-137-179-170045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-151117T0045Z/
GRAHAM KS-NORTON KS-SHERIDAN KS-
622 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM...SOUTHWESTERN NORTON AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN
COUNTIES...
AT 622 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF MORLAND...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF HILL
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LENORA AND NEW ALMELO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3940 10013 3946 10025 3968 10009 3953 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 216DEG 26KT 3948 10013
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HUSTED662
WWUS53 KGLD 170028
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
628 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC179-170038-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-151117T0045Z/
SHERIDAN KS-
628 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3945 10005 3944 10016 3957 10016 3968 10009
3953 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 217DEG 33KT 3952 10009
$$
KSC065-137-170045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-151117T0045Z/
GRAHAM KS-NORTON KS-
628 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTIES...
AT 628 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LENORA...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HILL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LENORA AND NEW ALMELO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3945 10005 3944 10016 3957 10016 3968 10009
3953 9975
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 217DEG 33KT 3952 10009
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HUSTED214
WWUS53 KGLD 170035
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
635 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
KSC065-137-170045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0082.000000T0000Z-151117T0045Z/
GRAHAM KS-NORTON KS-
635 PM CST MON NOV 16 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTIES...
AT 635 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LENORA...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HILL CITY...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...
LENORA.
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 3948 10006 3954 10013 3968 10009 3957 9984
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 218DEG 30KT 3956 10005
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN
$$
HUSTEDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 6:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Sheridan | 40 min |
| Nov 16, 6:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 19 min |
| Nov 16, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 32 min |
| Nov 16, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 52 min |
| Nov 16, 6:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 37 min |
| Nov 16, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 6:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 33 min |
| Nov 16, 6:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 31 min |
| Nov 16, 7:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan | 52 min |
| Nov 16, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Norton | 34 min |
| Nov 16, 7:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 34 min |
| Nov 16, 7:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 27 min |
| Nov 16, 7:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 25 min |
| Nov 16, 7:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 30 min |
| Nov 16, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 30 min |
| Nov 16, 8:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 20 min |
| Nov 16, 8:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham, Norton | 49 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.