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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Goodland, KS

May 8, 2016Red Willow County, Nebraska; Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 8, 2016, 6:33 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska; Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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: May 8, 2016, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Decatur County, KS, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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
May 8, 6:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Ne Indianola, NE

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
May 8, 3:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 299 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

030 
WFUS53 KGLD 082333
TORGLD
KSC039-NEC145-090000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0017.160508T2333Z-160509T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
633 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  CENTRAL RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 632 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR INDIANOLA...OR
  13 MILES EAST OF MCCOOK...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 625 PM CDT...A
           TORNADO WAS REPORTED SOUTH OF INDIANOLA. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INDIANOLA...BARTLEY AND CEDAR BLUFFS. 

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 4029 10020 4026 10019 4018 10020 3992 10062
      4002 10075 4034 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 198DEG 16KT 4021 10036 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

HUSTED

2 follow-up statements

355 
WWUS53 KGLD 082344
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
644 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

KSC039-082353-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160509T0000Z/
DECATUR KS-
644 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DECATUR 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 CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS...AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4029 10020 4027 10019 4018 10020 4000 10049
      4000 10073 4002 10075 4034 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 181DEG 10KT 4023 10040 

$$

NEC145-090000-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160509T0000Z/
RED WILLOW NE-
644 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
RED WILLOW COUNTY...
    
AT 643 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER INDIANOLA...OR 11
MILES EAST OF MCCOOK...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. AT 641 PM CDT...A     
         TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR INDIANOLA. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INDIANOLA AND BARTLEY. 

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 4029 10020 4027 10019 4018 10020 4000 10049
      4000 10073 4002 10075 4034 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 181DEG 10KT 4023 10040 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

HUSTED

122 
WWUS53 KGLD 082359
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
659 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

NEC145-090008-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160509T0000Z/
RED WILLOW NE-
659 PM CDT SUN MAY 8 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL RED WILLOW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
700 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. BRIEF TORNADOES REMAIN POSSIBLE
ACROSS RED WILLOW COUNTY AND A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN
ISSUED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS...AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 4029 10020 4027 10019 4018 10020 4000 10049
      4000 10073 4002 10075 4034 10037
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 198DEG 16KT 4023 10040 

$$

HUSTED

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	15 min
May 8, 6:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	15 min
May 8, 6:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	33 min
May 7, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	19 min
May 7, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	45 min
May 7, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	10 min
May 7, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	14 min
May 7, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	51 min
May 7, 8:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	12 min
May 7, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	53 min
May 7, 8:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton	39 min
May 7, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Graham, Sheridan	48 min
May 7, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	8 min
May 7, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	47 min
May 7, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	14 min
May 7, 10:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	9 min
May 7, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	15 min
May 7, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	20 min
May 7, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	32 min
May 7, 11:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	26 min
May 8, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	48 min
May 8, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	12 min
May 8, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	39 min
May 8, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	40 min
May 8, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	33 min
May 8, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	46 min
May 8, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	15 min
May 8, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	19 min
May 8, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	43 min
May 8, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	48 min
May 8, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	47 min
May 8, 5:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	24 min
May 8, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins, Thomas	51 min
May 8, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	48 min
May 8, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	23 min
May 8, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	32 min
May 8, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	41 min
May 8, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Gove	11 min
May 8, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	43 min
May 8, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins, Thomas	39 min
May 8, 6:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Graham	24 min
May 8, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	51 min
May 8, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	23 min
May 8, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	24 min
May 8, 6:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Thomas	15 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.