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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 5:09 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 26, 2016, 5:09 PM MDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 5:34 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Greeley County, KS
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 26, 12:53 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
506
WFUS53 KGLD 262309
TORGLD
KSC071-262345-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0034.160526T2309Z-160526T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
509 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 545 PM MDT
* AT 509 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRIBUNE...MOVING NORTH
AT 20 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.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRIBUNE AND HORACE.
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 3851 10190 3859 10157 3827 10157 3826 10159
3826 10175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 163DEG 17KT 3833 10165
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
0242 follow-up statements
990
WWUS53 KGLD 262322
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
522 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
KSC071-262345-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160526T2345Z/
GREELEY KS-
522 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY...
AT 521 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRIBUNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3853 10170 3859 10157 3831 10157 3831 10169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 203DEG 42KT 3841 10158
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
024783
WWUS53 KGLD 262334
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
534 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
KSC071-262344-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-160526T2345Z/
GREELEY KS-
534 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
KANSAS.
LAT...LON 3853 10170 3859 10157 3831 10157 3831 10169
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 163DEG 17KT 3847 10160
$$
024The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 37 min |
| May 25, 8:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 42 min |
| May 26, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 43 min |
| May 26, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 44 min |
| May 26, 5:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 64 min |
| May 26, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 63 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.