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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 1, 2017, 5:43 PM CDT for Graham County, Norton County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports 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
- Oct 1, 2017, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2017, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.5 in
Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 5:53 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 N Studley, KS | BRIEF WEAK TORNADO |
| Oct 1, 5:56 PM CDT | HAIL 2.5 | 12 E Hoxie, KS | 2.5 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, INCLUDED PICTURE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
374
WFUS53 KGLD 012243
TORGLD
KSC065-137-179-012315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0035.171001T2243Z-171001T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
543 PM CDT SUN OCT 1 2017
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Norton County in northwestern Kansas...
Northeastern Sheridan County in northwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Graham County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 615 PM CDT
* At 543 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Hoxie, moving northeast 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Morland, New Almelo, Studley and Tasco.
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 3941 9985 3928 10030 3941 10041 3957 10021
3957 10018 3959 10018 3968 10007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 234DEG 26KT 3940 10029
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.50IN
$$
EV1 follow-up statement
373
WWUS53 KGLD 012301
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
601 PM CDT SUN OCT 1 2017
KSC065-137-179-012315-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-171001T2315Z/
Norton KS-Sheridan KS-Graham KS-
601 PM CDT SUN OCT 1 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN NORTON...NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN AND NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM
COUNTIES...
At 600 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles northwest of Morland, or 17 miles northeast of
Hoxie, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and three inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Morland and New Almelo.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3941 9985 3933 10014 3955 10024 3957 10021
3957 10018 3959 10018 3968 10007
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 234DEG 26KT 3948 10016
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...3.00IN
$$
EVThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 45 min |
| Oct 1, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 49 min |
| Oct 1, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Sheridan, Thomas | 49 min |
| Oct 1, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 66 min |
| Oct 1, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 33 min |
| Oct 1, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 31 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.