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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Goodland, KS
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
| 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, 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.
- 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.
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
$$
DR1 follow-up statement
744
WWUS53 KGLD 270630
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
130 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017
KSC063-270639-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170527T0645Z/
Gove KS-
130 AM CDT SAT MAY 27 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
west central Kansas.
A Tornado Warning still remains in effect for southwestern Gove
county through 2 AM CDT.
LAT...LON 3894 10037 3909 10032 3910 10015 3892 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0627Z 288DEG 26KT 3897 10010
$$
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, 12:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 26 min |
| May 27, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 24 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.