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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2016Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 7:37 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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 26, 2016, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.75 in

County Rawlins County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 8:35 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 607 Nw Atwood, KSGROUND 70 PERCENT COVERED IN HALF INCH HAIL

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 1:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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.

655 
WFUS53 KGLD 270037
TORGLD
KSC153-270130-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0040.160527T0037Z-160527T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
    
* AT 737 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCDONALD...OR 12 MILES WEST OF
  ATWOOD...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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN RAWLINS 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 3985 10103 3979 10135 3989 10141 4000 10121
      4000 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 244DEG 8KT 3985 10127 

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

$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Wichita37 min
May 26, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace32 min
May 26, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne47 min
May 26, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman52 min
May 26, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace44 min
May 26, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins34 min
May 26, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas51 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita46 min
May 26, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins42 min
May 26, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan52 min
May 26, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman51 min
May 26, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton51 min
May 26, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins34 min
May 26, 8:45 PM CDTHigh Wind WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace73 min
May 26, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins27 min
May 26, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan52 min
May 26, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins43 min
May 26, 9:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins3 hr
May 26, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton48 min
May 26, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more45 min
May 26, 11:57 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins12 hr
May 27, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley34 min
May 27, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley43 min
May 27, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita24 min
May 27, 4:21 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDGreeley24 min
May 27, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita34 min
May 27, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley32 min
May 27, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita33 min
May 27, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley15 min
May 27, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWichita34 min
May 27, 5:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley15 min
May 27, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne27 min
May 27, 5:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley3 hr
May 27, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWichita28 min
May 27, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita15 min
May 27, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley35 min
May 27, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne26 min
May 27, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita20 min
May 27, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace33 min
May 27, 6:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne15 min
May 27, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan23 min
May 27, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne28 min
May 27, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace10 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.