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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2016, 9:14 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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, 9:14 PM MDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 9:48 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted.
909
WFUS53 KGLD 250314
TORGLD
NEC057-250400-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0032.160525T0314Z-160525T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
914 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
* AT 914 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHURCH GROVE CAMPGROUND...OR 13
MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL...MOVING EAST AT 25 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 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 4024 10133 4024 10175 4035 10177 4035 10132
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 263DEG 23KT 4033 10168
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
LOCKHART2 follow-up statements
602
WWUS53 KGLD 250337
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
937 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
NEC057-250400-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160525T0400Z/
DUNDY NE-
937 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTY...
AT 936 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF AREA A CAMPGROUND...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF IMPERIAL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4024 10133 4029 10152 4035 10156 4035 10132
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 263DEG 23KT 4035 10149
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
LOCKHART071
WWUS53 KGLD 250348
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
948 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
NEC057-250358-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160525T0400Z/
DUNDY NE-
948 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA.
LAT...LON 4024 10133 4029 10152 4035 10156 4035 10132
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 263DEG 23KT 4036 10139
$$
LOCKHARTThe 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, 8:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 30 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.