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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2017, 3:22 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 11 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 10, 2017, 3:22 PM MDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2017, 3:33 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:38 PM MDT | HAIL 0.25 | 4 N Goodland, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
561
WFUS53 KGLD 102122
TORGLD
KSC181-102145-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0004.170510T2122Z-170510T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
322 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Sherman County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 345 PM MDT
* At 322 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Goodland, moving northwest at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...A funnel cloud is visible south of Goodland.
IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Goodland, Ruleton and Edson.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 7 and 28.
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 3933 10152 3918 10166 3929 10196 3951 10175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 125DEG 10KT 3930 10167
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
Lockhart1 follow-up statement
732
WWUS53 KGLD 102133
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
333 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017
KSC181-102143-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-170510T2145Z/
Sherman KS-
333 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL SHERMAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However heavy rain is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3933 10152 3918 10166 3929 10196 3951 10175
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 125DEG 10KT 3932 10170
$$
LockhartThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 51 min |
| May 9, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 36 min |
| May 9, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 47 min |
| May 9, 7:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 29 min |
| May 9, 7:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 15 min |
| May 9, 8:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 30 min |
| May 9, 8:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 29 min |
| May 9, 8:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 32 min |
| May 9, 8:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 27 min |
| May 9, 8:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 23 min |
| May 9, 9:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 32 min |
| May 9, 9:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 31 min |
| May 9, 9:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 38 min |
| May 9, 10:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 30 min |
| May 9, 10:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 35 min |
| May 9, 10:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 25 min |
| May 10, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 39 min |
| May 10, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 22 min |
| May 10, 4:35 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Sherman | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 45 min |
| May 10, 5:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 63 min |
| May 10, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 50 min |
| May 10, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 42 min |
| May 10, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 47 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.