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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Goodland, KS

May 27, 2017Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2017, 1:13 AM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 17 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, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2017, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.25 in

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 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
May 27, 1:20 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 602 W Quinter, KSZERO 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2017-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 503 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 2017-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

863 
WFUS53 KGLD 270613
TORGLD
KSC063-270645-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0018.170527T0613Z-170527T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
113 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 145 AM CDT
    
* At 113 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Quinter, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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.

This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 104 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 3894 10037 3909 10032 3910 10015 3892 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 288DEG 26KT 3901 10024 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

DR
1 follow-up statement
744 
WWUS53 KGLD 270630
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
130 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

KSC063-270639-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170527T0645Z/
Gove KS-
130 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
west central Kansas.

A Tornado Warning still remains in effect for southwestern Gove 
county through 2 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3894 10037 3909 10032 3910 10015 3892 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 288DEG 26KT 3897 10010 

$$

DR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDSherman17 min
May 26, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman57 min
May 26, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman28 min
May 26, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman56 min
May 26, 9:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman5 hr
May 26, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas48 min
May 26, 9:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman48 min
May 26, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas38 min
May 26, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman50 min
May 26, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas50 min
May 26, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas31 min
May 26, 11:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDSherman54 min
May 26, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman36 min
May 26, 11:19 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas41 min
May 26, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas65 min
May 26, 11:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas3 hr
May 26, 11:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan15 min
May 26, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas63 min
May 27, 12:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan21 min
May 27, 12:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton15 min
May 27, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan58 min
May 27, 12:49 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove26 min
May 27, 1:06 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan24 min
May 27, 1:22 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove38 min
May 27, 1:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman24 min
May 27, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton49 min
May 27, 1:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas17 min
May 27, 1:45 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove30 min
May 27, 1:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas19 min
May 27, 2:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas32 min
May 27, 2:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas9 hr
May 27, 2:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove37 min
May 27, 3:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove37 min
May 27, 8:56 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas3 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.