Alert archive / Kansas / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2018, 4:26 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 19 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
- May 28, 2018, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2018, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
County Gove County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 28, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2062 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
929
WFUS53 KGLD 282126
TORGLD
KSC063-282200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0009.180528T2126Z-180528T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
426 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Gove County in west central Kansas...
* Until 500 PM CDT
* At 426 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southwest of Quinter, moving northeast at 15
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...
Quinter.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 104 and
108.
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 3897 10031 3899 10035 3913 10029 3913 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 214DEG 15KT 3899 10033
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
274
WWUS53 KGLD 282137
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
437 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018
KSC063-282200-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-180528T2200Z/
Gove KS-
437 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY...
At 437 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles southwest of Quinter, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Quinter.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 104 and
108.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3897 10031 3899 10035 3913 10029 3913 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 211DEG 16KT 3903 10030
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$265
WWUS53 KGLD 282145
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
445 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018
KSC063-282154-
/O.CAN.KGLD.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-180528T2200Z/
Gove KS-
445 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GOVE 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 small hail and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for west central
Kansas.
LAT...LON 3897 10031 3899 10035 3913 10029 3913 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 214DEG 15KT 3905 10028
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 37 min |
| May 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 45 min |
| May 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 45 min |
| May 27, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 51 min |
| May 27, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 41 min |
| May 28, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 41 min |
| May 28, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 34 min |
| May 28, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 47 min |
| May 28, 7:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 49 min |
| May 28, 7:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 3 hr |
| May 28, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 49 min |
| May 28, 7:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 12 hr |
| May 28, 7:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Thomas | 3 hr |
| May 28, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 46 min |
| May 28, 8:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 39 min |
| May 28, 10:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan, Thomas | 41 min |
| May 28, 10:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 3 hr |
| May 28, 10:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 3 hr |
| May 28, 10:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 11 min |
| May 28, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 55 min |
| May 28, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 49 min |
| May 28, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 26 min |
| May 28, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 65 min |
| May 28, 1:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Graham | 3 hr |
| May 28, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 45 min |
| May 28, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 41 min |
| May 28, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 23 min |
| May 28, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 27 min |
| May 28, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 51 min |
| May 28, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 4 more | 19 hr |
| May 28, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 98 min |
| May 28, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 47 min |
| May 28, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 16 min |
| May 28, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 35 min |
| May 28, 4:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Graham | 6 hr |
| May 28, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 39 min |
| May 28, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 30 min |
| May 28, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 42 min |
| May 28, 5:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 6 hr |
| May 28, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 10 min |
| May 28, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 39 min |
| May 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 8 min |
| May 28, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 40 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.