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Tornado Warning 74, NWS Goodland, KS

July 27, 2016Wallace County, Kansas

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 278 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -61 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

JN
1 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 

$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins36 min
Jul 27, 9:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne22 min
Jul 27, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne40 min
Jul 27, 9:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas39 min
Jul 27, 9:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman22 min
Jul 27, 9:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas48 min
Jul 27, 9:58 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman17 min
Jul 27, 9:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman46 min
Jul 27, 10:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman24 min
Jul 27, 10:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas22 min
Jul 27, 10:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas39 min
Jul 27, 10:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman31 min
Jul 27, 10:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace39 min
Jul 27, 10:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan20 min
Jul 27, 10:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins19 min
Jul 27, 10:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas14 min
Jul 27, 10:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins27 min
Jul 27, 10:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace38 min
Jul 27, 10:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace49 min
Jul 27, 10:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan, Thomas33 min
Jul 27, 11:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins23 min
Jul 27, 11:01 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWallace29 min
Jul 27, 11:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Wallace20 min
Jul 27, 11:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas29 min
Jul 27, 11:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan50 min
Jul 27, 11:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace23 min
Jul 27, 11:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan31 min
Jul 27, 11:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur15 min
Jul 27, 11:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWallace2 hr
Jul 27, 11:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace, Wichita25 min
Jul 27, 11:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita25 min
Jul 27, 11:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDSheridan3 hr
Jul 28, 12:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan14 min
Jul 28, 12:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan16 min
Jul 28, 12:10 AM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita8 min
Jul 28, 12:12 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins18 min
Jul 28, 12:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita46 min
Jul 28, 12:17 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins28 min
Jul 28, 12:20 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita25 min
Jul 28, 12:33 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas20 min
Jul 28, 12:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan22 min
Jul 28, 12:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins9 min
Jul 28, 1:02 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham13 min
Jul 28, 1:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins16 min
Jul 28, 1:53 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins22 min
Jul 28, 2:05 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne40 min
Jul 28, 2:43 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman47 min
Jul 28, 3:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace52 min
Jul 28, 4:35 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman25 min
Jul 28, 9:33 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman, Thomas42 min
Jul 28, 10:17 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan, Wallace43 min
Jul 28, 10:20 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne40 min
Jul 28, 10:56 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita34 min
Jul 28, 11:00 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins30 min
Jul 28, 1:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins39 min
Jul 28, 2:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur, Norton, Rawlins44 min
Jul 28, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins51 min
Jul 28, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton33 min
Jul 28, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton39 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.