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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2016Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 8:14 PM CDT for Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 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, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 26, 8:21 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 S Culbertson, 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 26, 1:53 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.

822 
WFUS53 KGLD 270114
TORGLD
NEC087-145-270200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0042.160527T0114Z-160527T0200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
  NORTHWESTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
    
* AT 813 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  CULBERTSON AROUND 830 PM CDT. 
  MCCOOK AROUND 850 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 4016 10050 4000 10092 4000 10096 4016 10108
      4035 10075 4035 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 239DEG 25KT 4013 10094 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

KT

1 follow-up statement

269 
WWUS53 KGLD 270143
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
843 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

NEC087-145-270200-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160527T0200Z/
HITCHCOCK NE-RED WILLOW NE-
843 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HITCHCOCK AND NORTHWESTERN RED WILLOW COUNTIES...
    
AT 842 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CULBERTSON...OR 9 MILES EAST OF TRENTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
  MCCOOK AROUND 900 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 4016 10050 4000 10092 4000 10096 4016 10108
      4035 10075 4035 10065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 232DEG 20KT 4020 10083 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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, 7:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Red Willow	48 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, 8:27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.