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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Goodland, KS

May 26, 2016Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2016, 9:23 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 27 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, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2016, 9:50 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 98 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.

530 
WFUS53 KGLD 270223
TORGLD
NEC145-270300-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0045.160527T0223Z-160527T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
    
* AT 923 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCCOOK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
  INDIANOLA AROUND 940 PM CDT. 
  BARTLEY AROUND 950 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 4031 10020 4003 10063 4018 10076 4035 10056
      4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0223Z 228DEG 37KT 4016 10065 

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

$$

KT

1 follow-up statement

321 
WWUS53 KGLD 270250
SVSGLD

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

NEC145-270259-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160527T0300Z/
RED WILLOW NE-
950 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL RED WILLOW 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 1000 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WILLOW COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4031 10020 4003 10063 4018 10076 4035 10056
      4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 228DEG 37KT 4034 10039 

$$

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, 8:14 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, 9:46 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.