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Tornado Warning 80, NWS Goodland, KS

September 3, 2016Graham County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 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
Sep 3, 2016, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

County Graham County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 3, 7:30 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD4 Ne Morland, KSA FEW BRIEF FUNNELS REPORTED. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 3, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 2016-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 713 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
713 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

As transmitted.

121 
WFUS53 KGLD 040013
TORGLD
KSC065-040045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0080.160904T0013Z-160904T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
713 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
    
* AT 713 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTH OF MORLAND...OR 13 MILES WEST OF
  HILL CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MORLAND.

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 3944 9981 3934 10011 3943 10016 3957 10008
      3957 10001
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 222DEG 8KT 3942 10009 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

HUSTED
1 follow-up statement
954 
WWUS53 KGLD 040031
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
731 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016

KSC065-040045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0080.000000T0000Z-160904T0045Z/
GRAHAM KS-
731 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY...
    
AT 731 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MORLAND...OR 10 MILES WEST OF HILL
CITY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND TWO INCH 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
NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM 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 3936 10006 3942 10012 3950 10008 3957 10001
      3944 9981
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 258DEG 9KT 3942 10003 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

HUSTED

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman52 min
Sep 3, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins49 min
Sep 3, 7:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Norton10 hr
Sep 3, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton36 min
Sep 3, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham46 min
Sep 3, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace21 min
Sep 3, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins49 min
Sep 3, 8:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins8 hr
Sep 3, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman13 min
Sep 3, 8:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham9 hr
Sep 3, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur23 min
Sep 3, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham33 min
Sep 3, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman47 min
Sep 3, 8:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton13 min
Sep 3, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham32 min
Sep 3, 9:09 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham, Norton8 hr
Sep 3, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins19 min
Sep 3, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas25 min
Sep 3, 9:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman10 min
Sep 3, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham29 min
Sep 3, 9:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins6 hr
Sep 3, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham39 min
Sep 3, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur36 min
Sep 3, 10:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne10 min
Sep 3, 10:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne21 min
Sep 3, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham33 min
Sep 3, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne26 min
Sep 3, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne12 min
Sep 3, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham42 min
Sep 3, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins46 min
Sep 3, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham33 min
Sep 4, 12:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins22 min
Sep 4, 1:46 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningGLDNorton41 hr
Sep 4, 2:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas3 hr
Sep 4, 5:23 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan24 hr
Sep 4, 5:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 5 more17 hr
Sep 4, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley67 min
Sep 4, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace45 min
Sep 4, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne51 min
Sep 4, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita45 min
Sep 4, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman17 min
Sep 4, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne51 min
Sep 4, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Sherman28 min
Sep 4, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas51 min
Sep 4, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita47 min
Sep 4, 5:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wichita6 hr
Sep 4, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita62 min
Sep 4, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan23 min
Sep 4, 6:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan64 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.