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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Goodland, KS

May 27, 2016Greeley County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2016, 4:15 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 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 27, 2016, 4:15 PM MDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2016, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Greeley County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 672 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
672 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

712 
WFUS53 KGLD 272215
TORGLD
KSC071-272230-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0056.160527T2215Z-160527T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
    
* AT 415 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF HORACE...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF
  TRIBUNE... MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

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

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHEASTERN GREELEY 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 3865 10160 3851 10162 3851 10189 3865 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 103DEG 13KT 3856 10177 

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

$$

DR
1 follow-up statement
739 
WWUS53 KGLD 272228
SVSGLD

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

KSC071-272238-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-160527T2230Z/
GREELEY KS-
428 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
430 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3865 10160 3851 10162 3851 10189 3865 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 103DEG 13KT 3856 10177 

$$

DR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 6:08 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Wichita37 min
May 26, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace32 min
May 26, 6:13 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne47 min
May 26, 6:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman52 min
May 26, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace44 min
May 26, 6:37 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins53 min
May 26, 6:41 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins34 min
May 26, 6:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas51 min
May 26, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita46 min
May 26, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins42 min
May 26, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan52 min
May 26, 7:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman51 min
May 26, 7:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton51 min
May 26, 7:41 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDRawlins34 min
May 26, 7:45 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace73 min
May 26, 7:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins27 min
May 26, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan52 min
May 26, 8:02 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins43 min
May 26, 8:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins3 hr
May 26, 8:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton48 min
May 26, 9:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more45 min
May 26, 10:57 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins12 hr
May 27, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley34 min
May 27, 2:47 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley43 min
May 27, 3:06 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita24 min
May 27, 3:21 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDGreeley24 min
May 27, 3:26 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita34 min
May 27, 3:43 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley32 min
May 27, 3:57 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita33 min
May 27, 4:26 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWichita34 min
May 27, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley15 min
May 27, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne27 min
May 27, 4:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley3 hr
May 27, 4:47 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWichita28 min
May 27, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita15 min
May 27, 4:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley35 min
May 27, 5:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne26 min
May 27, 5:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita20 min
May 27, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace33 min
May 27, 5:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne15 min
May 27, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan23 min
May 27, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne28 min
May 27, 5:50 PM MDTSpecial 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.