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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2017, 2:40 PM CDT for Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 35 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
- Aug 10, 2017, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2017, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
County Logan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 Sse Russell Springs, KS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 520 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KGLD 101940
TORGLD
KSC109-102015-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0032.170810T1940Z-170810T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
240 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Logan County in west central Kansas...
* Until 315 PM CDT
* At 240 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Russell Springs, or 24 miles northwest of Scott
State Lake, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis 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...
Russell Springs.
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 3870 10125 3891 10138 3898 10127 3870 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 325DEG 30KT 3892 10125
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
Husted2 follow-up statements
376
WWUS53 KGLD 101956
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
256 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017
KSC109-102015-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-170810T2015Z/
Logan KS-
256 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY...
At 256 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles south of Russell Springs, or 17 miles northwest
of Scott State Lake, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and tennis ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Logan County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3870 10125 3883 10128 3887 10123 3888 10118
3870 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 331DEG 27KT 3882 10119
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
Husted115
WWUS53 KGLD 102007
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
307 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017
KSC109-102017-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-170810T2015Z/
Logan KS-
307 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
315 PM CDT...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3870 10125 3883 10128 3887 10123 3888 10118
3870 10089
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 325DEG 30KT 3875 10113
$$
HustedThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 4:13 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan, Norton and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 8:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 11:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 11:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita | 11 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace | 57 min |
| Aug 10, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 2:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Logan | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Wichita | 42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.