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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2016Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 7:27 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 48 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, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Red Willow County, NE

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, 1:53 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

187 
WFUS53 KGLD 270027
TORGLD
NEC145-270115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0039.160527T0027Z-160527T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
727 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT
    
* AT 726 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCOOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  INDIANOLA AROUND 815 PM CDT. 

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 10035 4023 10027 4013 10064 4029 10075
      4035 10064
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 241DEG 10KT 4025 10061 

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

$$

KT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	34 min
May 26, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	34 min
May 26, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	34 min
May 26, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	46 min
May 26, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	48 min
May 26, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	49 min
May 26, 9:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Dundy	3 hr
May 26, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	43 min
May 26, 9:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow	3 hr
May 26, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock	49 min
May 26, 9:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Red Willow	27 min
May 26, 9:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	30 min
May 26, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow	45 min
May 26, 11:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Dundy	12 hr
May 26, 11:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Hitchcock, Red Willow	12 hr
May 27, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	36 min
May 27, 1:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	26 min
May 27, 4:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	14 min
May 27, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	30 min
May 27, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	16 min
May 27, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	18 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.