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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2017, 6:42 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 17 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
- May 25, 2017, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2017, 6:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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 25, 6:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | Oakley, KS | KOEL SITE REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 68 MPH. |
| May 25, 6:54 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Grinnell, KS | PEAK WIND OF 70MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 2535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
865
WFUS53 KGLD 252342
TORGLD
KSC063-109-179-193-260015-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0007.170525T2342Z-170526T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
642 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2017
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Thomas County in northwestern Kansas...
Northeastern Logan County in west central Kansas...
Southwestern Sheridan County in northwestern Kansas...
Northwestern Gove County in west central Kansas...
* Until 715 PM CDT
* At 642 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Oakley, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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...
Oakley and Grinnell.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 74 and 92.
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 3903 10089 3913 10090 3916 10080 3921 10053
3903 10050
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 263DEG 21KT 3910 10081
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
TL/DR1 follow-up statement
287
WWUS53 KGLD 252359
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
659 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2017
KSC063-109-179-193-260008-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170526T0015Z/
Thomas KS-Logan KS-Sheridan KS-Gove KS-
659 PM CDT THU MAY 25 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS...NORTHEASTERN
LOGAN...SOUTHWESTERN SHERIDAN AND NORTHWESTERN GOVE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled. However large hail and
damaging winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
northwestern and west central Kansas.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect.
LAT...LON 3903 10089 3913 10090 3916 10080 3921 10053
3903 10050
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 263DEG 21KT 3911 10068
$$
TL/DRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 36 min |
| May 25, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 48 min |
| May 25, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 42 min |
| May 25, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 34 min |
| May 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 19 min |
| May 25, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 50 min |
| May 25, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 47 min |
| May 25, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Thomas | 38 min |
| May 25, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 24 min |
| May 25, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 51 min |
| May 25, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 35 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.