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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS

May 10, 2017Sherman County, Kansas

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 10, 3:38 PM MDTHAIL 0.254 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2017-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -94 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

Lockhart
1 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 

$$

Lockhart

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 6:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman51 min
May 9, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins36 min
May 9, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace47 min
May 9, 7:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins29 min
May 9, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace15 min
May 9, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman30 min
May 9, 8:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins29 min
May 9, 8:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman32 min
May 9, 8:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace27 min
May 9, 8:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas23 min
May 9, 9:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas32 min
May 9, 9:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas31 min
May 9, 9:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley38 min
May 9, 10:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur30 min
May 9, 10:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur35 min
May 9, 10:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton25 min
May 10, 3:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman39 min
May 10, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman22 min
May 10, 4:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDSherman3 hr
May 10, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace45 min
May 10, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace63 min
May 10, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas50 min
May 10, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace42 min
May 10, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas47 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.