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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Goodland, KS

June 26, 2017Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2017, 7:15 PM CDT for Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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: Jun 26, 2017, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2017, 7:34 PM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 4.0 in

County Logan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 93 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 26, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 914 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

367 
WFUS53 KGLD 270015
TORGLD
KSC109-270045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0026.170627T0015Z-170627T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
715 PM CDT MON JUN 26 2017

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Logan County in west central Kansas...

* Until 745 PM CDT
    
* At 715 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles northwest of Scott State Lake, moving south at
  25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and softball 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. 

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southeastern Logan 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.

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Goodland.

&&

LAT...LON 3882 10101 3879 10082 3870 10082 3870 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 012DEG 24KT 3874 10095 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...4.00IN

$$

Buller

1 follow-up statement

188 
WWUS53 KGLD 270034
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
734 PM CDT MON JUN 26 2017

KSC109-270044-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-170627T0045Z/
Logan KS-
734 PM CDT MON JUN 26 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN 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 1000 PM CDT for
west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3882 10101 3879 10082 3870 10082 3870 10107
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 012DEG 24KT 3862 10098 

$$

Buller

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	50 min
Jun 27, 7:28 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more	3 hr
Jun 27, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	32 min
Jun 27, 6:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	28 min
Jun 27, 6:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	39 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.