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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2017, 12:49 AM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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
- May 27, 2017, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2017, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Gove County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 W Quinter, KS | ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. ALSO NICKEL SIZED HAIL. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
829
WFUS53 KGLD 270549
TORGLD
KSC063-270615-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0016.170527T0549Z-170527T0615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1249 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Gove County in west central Kansas...
* Until 115 AM CDT
* At 1249 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near Grainfield, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Quinter, Grainfield and Park.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 90 and
113.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3899 10056 3913 10057 3913 10015 3897 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0549Z 274DEG 30KT 3907 10045
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sherman | 17 min |
| May 26, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 57 min |
| May 26, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 28 min |
| May 26, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 56 min |
| May 26, 9:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 5 hr |
| May 26, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 48 min |
| May 26, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 48 min |
| May 26, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 38 min |
| May 26, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 50 min |
| May 26, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 50 min |
| May 26, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 31 min |
| May 26, 11:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Sherman | 54 min |
| May 26, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 36 min |
| May 26, 11:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 41 min |
| May 26, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 65 min |
| May 26, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 3 hr |
| May 26, 11:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 15 min |
| May 26, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 63 min |
| May 27, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 21 min |
| May 27, 12:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 15 min |
| May 27, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 58 min |
| May 27, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 24 min |
| May 27, 1:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 17 min |
| May 27, 1:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 38 min |
| May 27, 1:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 24 min |
| May 27, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 49 min |
| May 27, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 17 min |
| May 27, 1:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 30 min |
| May 27, 1:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 19 min |
| May 27, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 32 min |
| May 27, 2:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 9 hr |
| May 27, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 37 min |
| May 27, 3:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 37 min |
| May 27, 8:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 3 hr |
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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.