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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Goodland, KS

May 27, 2016Greeley County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2016, 3:21 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 24 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 27, 2016, 3:21 PM MDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2016, 3:45 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 1.0 in

County Greeley County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 27, 3:31 PM MDT	TORNADO	6 Wnw Selkirk, KS	LANDSPOUT. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

896 
WFUS53 KGLD 272121
TORGLD
KSC071-272145-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0051.160527T2121Z-160527T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
321 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 321 PM MDT...TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRIBUNE TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  TOWNER...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TRIBUNE AND HORACE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 3846 10204 3861 10204 3860 10160 3846 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 115DEG 12KT 3851 10168 3852 10205 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

DR

1 follow-up statement

650 
WWUS53 KGLD 272129
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
329 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

KSC071-272145-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-160527T2145Z/
GREELEY KS-
329 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
GREELEY COUNTY...
    
AT 329 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRIBUNE
TO 4 MILES NORTH OF TOWNER...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES. 

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 3846 10204 3861 10204 3860 10160 3846 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 115DEG 12KT 3852 10171 3853 10208 

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

$$

DR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 6:08 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	37 min
May 26, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	32 min
May 26, 6:13 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	47 min
May 26, 6:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	52 min
May 26, 6:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	44 min
May 26, 6:37 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins	53 min
May 26, 6:41 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins	34 min
May 26, 6:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Thomas	51 min
May 26, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	46 min
May 26, 7:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	42 min
May 26, 7:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	52 min
May 26, 7:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	51 min
May 26, 7:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton	51 min
May 26, 7:41 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins	34 min
May 26, 7:45 PM MDT	High Wind Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	73 min
May 26, 7:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	27 min
May 26, 7:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	52 min
May 26, 8:02 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	43 min
May 26, 8:05 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	3 hr
May 26, 8:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton	48 min
May 26, 9:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more	45 min
May 26, 10:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	12 hr
May 27, 2:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	34 min
May 27, 2:47 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley	43 min
May 27, 3:06 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	24 min
May 27, 3:26 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	34 min
May 27, 3:43 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley	32 min
May 27, 3:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	33 min
May 27, 4:15 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley	15 min
May 27, 4:26 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Wichita	34 min
May 27, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	15 min
May 27, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	27 min
May 27, 4:47 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Greeley	3 hr
May 27, 4:47 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Wichita	28 min
May 27, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	15 min
May 27, 4:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	35 min
May 27, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	26 min
May 27, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	20 min
May 27, 5:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	33 min
May 27, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	15 min
May 27, 5:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	23 min
May 27, 5:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	28 min
May 27, 5:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	10 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.