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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2016, 8:43 PM CDT for Logan County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. 2 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
- May 21, 2016, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2016, 9:22 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Logan County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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 21, 8:58 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 15 N Leoti, KS | |
| May 21, 9:05 PM CDT | HAIL 4.25 | 15 Nnw Marienthal, KS |
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 21, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1468 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 442 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KGLD 220143
TORGLD
KSC109-203-220245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0024.160522T0143Z-160522T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
843 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
NORTH CENTRAL WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
* AT 843 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RUSSELL SPRINGS...OR 16 MILES
NORTH OF LEOTI...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL WICHITA COUNTIES.
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 3867 10125 3867 10137 3879 10141 3880 10125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 216DEG 2KT 3872 10133
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
0073 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KGLD 220154
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
854 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016
KSC109-203-220245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160522T0245Z/
LOGAN KS-WICHITA KS-
854 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL WICHITA COUNTIES...
AT 854 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF LEOTI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN AND NORTH CENTRAL WICHITA COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3867 10125 3867 10137 3879 10141 3880 10125
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 332DEG 5KT 3868 10132
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
007346
WWUS53 KGLD 220201
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
901 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016
KSC109-220210-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160522T0245Z/
LOGAN KS-
901 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN 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 WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3870 10136 3870 10127 3867 10125 3867 10135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 332DEG 5KT 3868 10131
$$
KSC203-220245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160522T0245Z/
WICHITA KS-
901 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WICHITA COUNTY...
AT 900 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF LEOTI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL WICHITA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10136 3870 10127 3867 10125 3867 10135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 332DEG 5KT 3868 10131
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
007029
WWUS53 KGLD 220222
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
922 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016
KSC203-220232-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-160522T0245Z/
WICHITA KS-
922 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WICHITA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3870 10136 3870 10127 3867 10125 3867 10135
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 216DEG 2KT 3869 10130
$$
007The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 35 min |
| May 21, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 50 min |
| May 21, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 3 hr |
| May 21, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 22 min |
| May 21, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 31 min |
| May 21, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 30 min |
| May 21, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 39 min |
| May 21, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 31 min |
| May 21, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 33 min |
| May 21, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wichita | 16 min |
| May 21, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 40 min |
| May 21, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 34 min |
| May 21, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas | 45 min |
| May 21, 10:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Logan, Wichita | 6 hr |
| May 21, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 29 min |
| May 21, 11:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 26 min |
| May 22, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 28 min |
| May 22, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 44 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.