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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Goodland, KS

August 18, 2018Greeley County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 18, 2018, 5:12 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 8 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
Aug 18, 2018, 5:12 PM MDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2018, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.5 in

County Greeley County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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
Aug 18, 5:20 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 681 Wnw Horace, KS
Aug 18, 5:30 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 50Tribune, KSREPORT OF TREE LIMBS ON THE GROUND.
Aug 18, 5:30 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 80Tribune, KSCORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM TRIBUNE. CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM TRIBUNE. REPORT OF TREE BLOWN DOWN.
Aug 18, 5:30 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 80Tribune, KSCORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM TRIBUNE. REPORT OF TREE BLOWN DOWN.
Aug 18, 5:30 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 580Tribune, KSCORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM TRIBUNE. REPORT OF TREE BLOWN DOWN.
Aug 18, 5:30 PM MDTHAIL 1Tribune, KS
Aug 18, 5:50 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 585 S Tribune, KS
Aug 18, 5:50 PM MDTHAIL 1.755 S Tribune, KSHOUSE WINDOWS DAMAGED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2018-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2018-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

182 
WFUS53 KGLD 182312
TORGLD
KSC071-182345-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0032.180818T2312Z-180818T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
512 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2018

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Greeley County in west central Kansas...

* Until 545 PM MDT.
    
* At 512 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Tribune, moving south 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...
  Tribune and Horace. 

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 3852 10190 3858 10168 3837 10157 3826 10157
      3826 10183
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 342DEG 21KT 3848 10177 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace48 min
Aug 18, 3:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace41 min
Aug 18, 3:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace18 min
Aug 18, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace46 min
Aug 18, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace20 min
Aug 18, 4:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley44 min
Aug 18, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita22 min
Aug 18, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley47 min
Aug 18, 5:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita12 min
Aug 18, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley51 min
Aug 18, 5:42 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley33 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.