Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 74, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2016, 11:22 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 10 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
- Jul 27, 2016, 11:22 PM MDT (05:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2016, 11:32 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3204 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
134
WFUS53 KGLD 280522
TORGLD
KSC199-280545-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0074.160728T0522Z-160728T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1122 PM MDT WED JUL 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
* AT 1122 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SHARON SPRINGS...MOVING
SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER.
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
SOUTH CENTRAL WALLACE 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 3887 10169 3885 10162 3873 10166 3878 10180
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 025DEG 10KT 3885 10167
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JN1 follow-up statement
976
WWUS53 KGLD 280532 RRA
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1132 PM MDT WED JUL 27 2016
KSC199-280541-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0074.000000T0000Z-160728T0545Z/
WALLACE KS-
1132 PM MDT WED JUL 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3887 10169 3885 10162 3873 10166 3878 10180
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 025DEG 10KT 3882 10168
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 9:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 22 min |
| Jul 27, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 40 min |
| Jul 27, 9:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 9:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 22 min |
| Jul 27, 9:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 9:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 17 min |
| Jul 27, 9:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 10:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 24 min |
| Jul 27, 10:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 22 min |
| Jul 27, 10:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 10:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 10:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 10:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 20 min |
| Jul 27, 10:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 19 min |
| Jul 27, 10:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 14 min |
| Jul 27, 10:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 10:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 10:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 10:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan, Thomas | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 11:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 11:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Wallace | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 11:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Wallace | 20 min |
| Jul 27, 11:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 11:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 11:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 11:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 11:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 15 min |
| Jul 27, 11:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Wallace | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace, Wichita | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 11:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 11:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 14 min |
| Jul 28, 12:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 16 min |
| Jul 28, 12:10 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 8 min |
| Jul 28, 12:12 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 18 min |
| Jul 28, 12:14 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 12:17 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 12:20 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 12:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 20 min |
| Jul 28, 12:39 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 22 min |
| Jul 28, 12:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 9 min |
| Jul 28, 1:02 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 13 min |
| Jul 28, 1:29 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 16 min |
| Jul 28, 1:53 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 22 min |
| Jul 28, 2:05 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 2:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 3:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 4:35 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 9:33 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 42 min |
| Jul 28, 10:17 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 10:20 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 10:56 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 11:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 1:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 39 min |
| Jul 28, 2:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 2:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton | 39 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.