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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
- 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
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
$$
JN1 follow-up statement
954
WWUS53 KGLD 010230
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
930 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2018
KSC063-109-010245-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-180901T0245Z/
Logan KS-Gove KS-
930 PM CDT FRI AUG 31 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL LOGAN AND WEST CENTRAL GOVE COUNTIES...
At 930 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 15 miles west of Gove, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Logan and west central Gove Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3877 10076 3883 10086 3900 10080 3892 10056
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 213DEG 23KT 3889 10077
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$
JNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 44 min |
| Aug 31, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan | 24 min |
| Aug 31, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove | 24 min |
| Aug 31, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 36 min |
| Aug 31, 9:50 PM CDT | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 62 min |
| Aug 31, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 18 min |
| Aug 31, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 48 min |
| Aug 31, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 35 min |
| Sep 1, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 37 min |
| Sep 1, 3:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 30 min |
| Sep 1, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 23 min |
| Sep 1, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 20 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.