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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Goodland, KS

May 27, 2016Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2016, 5:47 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

735 
WFUS53 KGLD 272247
TORGLD
KSC203-272315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0058.160527T2247Z-160527T2315Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
    
* AT 547 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF LEOTI...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
  15 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHWESTERN WICHITA 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 3838 10157 3851 10147 3837 10130 3830 10142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 136DEG 15KT 3839 10140 

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

$$

DR

1 follow-up statement

746 
WWUS53 KGLD 272308
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
608 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

KSC203-272318-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-160527T2315Z/
WICHITA KS-
608 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WICHITA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
615 PM CDT...
                
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. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3838 10157 3851 10147 3837 10130 3830 10142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 136DEG 15KT 3839 10140 

$$

DR

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 27, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Goodland KS
150 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Saturday)
Issued at 149 PM MDT Fri May 27 2016

Upper low will continue it's slow trek eastward through the
afternoon and into Saturday with PoPs remaining elevated through the
afternoon. There will be enough instability to spark off
thunderstorms through the afternoon. Severe storms across much of
the CWA will be limited for the most part to hail and wind. The
exception will be the far eastern portions of the CWA where a Theta-
E boundary is draped from north to south just east of the upper low.
In this area we could see stronger forcing which could lead to large
hail, damaging winds, and possibly an isolated tornado. Thunderstorm
activity will slowly move to the east overnight with very weak
shortwave high pressure building in briefly on Saturday. Drier air
will encompass the region on Saturday with PoPs increasing once more
as we head into the overnight hours into Sunday.

.LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Friday)
Issued at 149 PM MDT Fri May 27 2016

Weak upper ridge will gradually flatten on Sunday as flow becomes
nearly zonal across the CWA. A large longwave trough will move
slowly southward out of Canada as we head over the Monday through
Tuesday time frame. Slight chance to chance PoPs will remain
possible thanks to favorable instability in the region. CAPE values
during the afternoon Sunday through Tuesday will be in the 2000 J/Kg
to 3200 J/Kg range with only modest bulk shear values. Wave of low
pressure will rotate very slowly around the longwave trough through
Thursday with weather remaining largely unsettled through much of
next week. A ridge will build into the western U.S. as we head into
Friday. This ridge will gradually work its way into the region and
dry things out as we head into the weekend.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday afternoon)
Issued at 1129 AM MDT Fri May 27 2016

A mix of vfr/mvfr conditions is expected for the forecast period
with ceilings ranging from bkn015 up to bkn060. 3-6sm -shra br thru
03z tonight with some vcts 19z-23z. Winds ne around 10kts
becoming nw by 00z tonight.

&&

.GLD Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
KS...NONE.
CO...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...TL
LONG TERM...TL
AVIATION...JN

Hazardous weather outlook, May 27, 4:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
315 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-282115-
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-
GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
315 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016 /415 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
COLBY TO ATWOOD TO TRENTON. THE THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL UP TO
GOLF BALL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND BRIEF TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT
WEEK. ON SUNDAY A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. ANY SEVERE
WEATHER REPORTS BY PHONE OR THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA ARE GREATLY
APPRECIATED.

JTL

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 4:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
334 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0318 PM     HAIL             5 NW HAIGLER            40.06N 102.02W
05/27/2016  E0.75 INCH       DUNDY              NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY DUNDY COUNTY SHERIFF

&&

HILL

Local storm report, May 27, 4:50 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
350 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0315 PM     TORNADO          2 NNW SELKIRK           38.50N 101.55W
05/27/2016                   WICHITA            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

HILL

Special weather statement, May 27, 5:30 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
430 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

KSZ041-272245-
GREELEY KS-
430 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY UNTIL
445 PM MDT...

AT 430 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTH OF HORACE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRIBUNE...MOVING WEST
AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
GREELEY COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3865 10160 3851 10162 3851 10190 3865 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 103DEG 13KT 3857 10183

DR

Special weather statement, May 27, 5:33 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
533 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

KSZ001-272300-
CHEYENNE KS-
533 PM CDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS UNTIL 600 PM CDT...

AT 532 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8
MILES WEST OF ST. FRANCIS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3982 10180 3967 10192 3972 10205 3983 10205
      3990 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 025DEG 16KT 3979 10195

LUNDQUIST

Local storm report, May 27, 5:34 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
434 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0331 PM     TORNADO          6 WNW SELKIRK           38.52N 101.64W
05/27/2016                   GREELEY            KS   PUBLIC

            LANDSPOUT. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA

&&

HILL

Special weather statement, May 27, 5:45 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
445 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

NEZ079-272315-
DUNDY NE-
445 PM MDT FRI MAY 27 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DUNDY COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM MDT...

AT 445 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF BENKELMAN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PARKS.

LAT...LON 4014 10150 4000 10159 4000 10177 4009 10177
      4025 10162
TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 048DEG 12KT 4014 10162

DR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	37 min
May 26, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	32 min
May 26, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	47 min
May 26, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	52 min
May 26, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	44 min
May 26, 7:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins	53 min
May 26, 7:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins	34 min
May 26, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Thomas	51 min
May 26, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	46 min
May 26, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	42 min
May 26, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	52 min
May 26, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	51 min
May 26, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton	51 min
May 26, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins	34 min
May 26, 8:45 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	73 min
May 26, 8:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	27 min
May 26, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Sheridan	52 min
May 26, 9:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	43 min
May 26, 9:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	3 hr
May 26, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton	48 min
May 26, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more	45 min
May 26, 11:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	12 hr
May 27, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	34 min
May 27, 3:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley	43 min
May 27, 4:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	24 min
May 27, 4:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	GLD	Greeley	24 min
May 27, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	34 min
May 27, 4:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley	32 min
May 27, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	33 min
May 27, 5:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley	15 min
May 27, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Wichita	34 min
May 27, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	15 min
May 27, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	27 min
May 27, 5:47 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Greeley	3 hr
May 27, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wichita	15 min
May 27, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	35 min
May 27, 6:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	26 min
May 27, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	20 min
May 27, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	33 min
May 27, 6:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	15 min
May 27, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	23 min
May 27, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	28 min
May 27, 6:50 PM CDT	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.