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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Goodland, KS

May 21, 2016Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2016, 9:05 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 16 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
May 21, 2016, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2016, 9:21 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

County Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 21, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1468 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2016-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 288 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

198 
WFUS53 KGLD 220205
TORGLD
KSC203-220245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0025.160522T0205Z-160522T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
905 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
    
* AT 905 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 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
  NORTHEASTERN 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 3867 10135 3867 10125 3860 10121 3860 10131
TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 332DEG 5KT 3867 10131 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

007
1 follow-up statement
308 
WWUS53 KGLD 220221
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
921 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016

KSC203-220231-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160522T0245Z/
WICHITA KS-
921 PM CDT SAT MAY 21 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN 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 3867 10135 3867 10125 3860 10121 3860 10131
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 332DEG 5KT 3865 10130 

$$

007

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWichita35 min
May 21, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace50 min
May 21, 7:31 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan, Wichita3 hr
May 21, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Wallace22 min
May 21, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWichita31 min
May 21, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Wichita30 min
May 21, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan39 min
May 21, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Wichita39 min
May 21, 8:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan31 min
May 21, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita33 min
May 21, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas40 min
May 21, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan34 min
May 21, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas45 min
May 21, 10:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan, Wichita6 hr
May 21, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas29 min
May 21, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas26 min
May 22, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan28 min
May 22, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan44 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.