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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Goodland, KS

August 31, 2018Gove County, Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Aug 31, 2018, 9:13 PM CDT for Gove County, Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2018, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 2018, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
2.0 in

Counties Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 00:00Z on 2018-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1598 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
1598 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

411 
WFUS53 KGLD 010213
TORGLD
KSC063-109-010245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0035.180901T0213Z-180901T0245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
913 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2018

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Logan County in west central Kansas...
  West central Gove County in west central Kansas...

* Until 945 PM CDT.
    
* At 913 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles northeast of Scott State Lake, moving northeast
  at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.

  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...
  The Monument Rocks.

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 3873 10080 3879 10091 3900 10080 3892 10056
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 213DEG 23KT 3880 10085 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

JN
1 follow-up statement
954 
WWUS53 KGLD 010230
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
930 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2018

KSC063-109-010245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-180901T0245Z/
Logan KS-Gove KS-
930 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2018

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LOGAN AND WEST CENTRAL GOVE COUNTIES...
    
At 930 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 15 miles west of Gove, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and two 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.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Logan and west central Gove Counties.

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 3877 10076 3883 10086 3900 10080 3892 10056
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 213DEG 23KT 3889 10077 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN

$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita31 min
Aug 31, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne27 min
Aug 31, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan44 min
Aug 31, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman28 min
Aug 31, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan24 min
Aug 31, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman34 min
Aug 31, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan28 min
Aug 31, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove24 min
Aug 31, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan36 min
Aug 31, 9:50 PM CDTDust Storm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace62 min
Aug 31, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan18 min
Aug 31, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham48 min
Aug 31, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur35 min
Sep 1, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove37 min
Sep 1, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham30 min
Sep 1, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham26 min
Sep 1, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham23 min
Sep 1, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.