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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 2016Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 8:45 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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 24, 2016, 8:45 PM MDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2016, 9:15 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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 24, 9:20 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	19 N Parks, 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 24, 6:09 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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: 484 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

As transmitted.

041 
WFUS53 KGLD 250245
TORGLD
NEC057-250315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0031.160525T0245Z-160525T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
845 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 915 PM MDT
    
* AT 845 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRETE...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  IMPERIAL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL 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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN DUNDY 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 4035 10170 4024 10167 4022 10202 4030 10205
      4035 10205
TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 264DEG 24KT 4035 10196 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

LOCKHART/CLT

1 follow-up statement

933 
WWUS53 KGLD 250302
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
902 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

NEC057-250315-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160525T0315Z/
DUNDY NE-
902 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTY...
    
AT 901 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF CRETE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
IMPERIAL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING HAIL MEASURED TO THREE AND ONE HALF INCHES.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND THREE 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
NORTHWESTERN DUNDY 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 4035 10170 4024 10167 4025 10195 4030 10198
      4035 10199
TIME...MOT...LOC 0301Z 269DEG 29KT 4032 10178 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...3.00IN

$$

LOCKHART

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 8:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Dundy	30 min
May 24, 9:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Dundy	34 min
May 25, 5:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	41 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.