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Tornado Warning 81, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Sep 17, 2016, 4:09 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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
- Sep 17, 2016, 4:09 PM MDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 17, 2016, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -220 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
900
WFUS53 KGLD 172209
TORGLD
COC017-KSC199-172245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0081.160917T2209Z-160917T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
409 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
* UNTIL 445 PM MDT
* AT 409 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTH OF SHARON
SPRINGS TO 10 MILES EAST OF CHEYENNE WELLS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHARON SPRINGS...WESKAN...WALLACE AND ARAPAHOE.
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 3875 10230 3898 10212 3913 10182 3913 10148
3896 10148 3870 10172 3870 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 278DEG 17KT 3910 10180 3880 10216
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DR3 follow-up statements
955
WWUS53 KGLD 172225
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
425 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
COC017-KSC199-172245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160917T2245Z/
CHEYENNE CO-WALLACE KS-
425 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHERN WALLACE
COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
AT 425 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTH OF SHARON
SPRINGS TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WESKAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHARON SPRINGS...WESKAN AND WALLACE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3878 10219 3903 10173 3896 10148 3870 10172
3870 10197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 289DEG 18KT 3897 10172 3879 10209
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DR034
WWUS53 KGLD 172235
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
435 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
COC017-172244-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160917T2245Z/
CHEYENNE CO-
435 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3898 10171 3896 10148 3870 10172 3874 10197
3883 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 277DEG 19KT 3897 10168 3878 10195
$$
KSC199-172245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160917T2245Z/
WALLACE KS-
435 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN
WALLACE COUNTY...
AT 434 PM MDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALLACE
TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF WESKAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND VEHICLES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHARON SPRINGS AND WALLACE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3898 10171 3896 10148 3870 10172 3874 10197
3883 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 277DEG 19KT 3897 10168 3878 10195
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DR771
WWUS53 KGLD 172244
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
444 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
KSC199-172254-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0081.000000T0000Z-160917T2245Z/
WALLACE KS-
444 PM MDT SAT SEP 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WALLACE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 445
PM MDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEAR CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3898 10171 3896 10148 3870 10172 3874 10197
3883 10200
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 278DEG 17KT 3897 10168 3878 10195
$$
DRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 1:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 2:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 24 min |
| Sep 17, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 39 min |
| Sep 17, 3:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 9 min |
| Sep 17, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 48 min |
| Sep 17, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 14 min |
| Sep 17, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan, Thomas, Wallace | 62 min |
| Sep 17, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 39 min |
| Sep 17, 4:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 16 min |
| Sep 17, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove, Logan | 58 min |
| Sep 17, 5:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 57 min |
| Sep 17, 1:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Phillips | 45 min |
| Sep 17, 1:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 1:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 37 min |
| Sep 17, 1:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 47 min |
| Sep 17, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 2:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 20 min |
| Sep 17, 2:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 12 min |
| Sep 17, 2:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 33 min |
| Sep 17, 2:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 29 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.