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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 2021Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2021, 7:20 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 25 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 24, 2021, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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.

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 24, 1:29 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 520 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

403 
WFUS53 KGLD 250020
TORGLD
KSC063-250045-
/O.NEW.KGLD.TO.W.0025.210525T0020Z-210525T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
720 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

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

* Until 745 PM CDT.
    
* At 720 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 11 miles south of Quinter, moving northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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.

* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  east central Gove County.

This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 111 and
113.
 
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 3882 10027 3892 10035 3906 10015 3886 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 227DEG 36KT 3890 10024 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

Lundquist

2 follow-up statements

277 
WWUS53 KGLD 250032
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
732 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

KSC063-250045-
/O.CON.KGLD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210525T0045Z/
Gove KS-
732 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL GOVE COUNTY...
    
At 732 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles south of Collyer, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Gove County.

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 3884 10020 3893 10020 3894 10015 3886 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 235DEG 30KT 3889 10014 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

Lundquist

552 
WWUS53 KGLD 250038
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
738 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

KSC063-250048-
/O.EXP.KGLD.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210525T0045Z/
Gove KS-
738 PM CDT Mon May 24 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GOVE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for west central
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3884 10020 3893 10020 3894 10015 3886 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 227DEG 36KT 3892 10009 

$$

Lundquist

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	31 min
May 24, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	31 min
May 24, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	15 min
May 24, 10:57 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more	7 hr
May 25, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	54 min
May 25, 3:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	45 min
May 25, 3:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins	82 min
May 25, 4:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	86 min
May 25, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur, Norton, Rawlins	54 min
May 25, 5:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	93 min
May 25, 6:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	56 min
May 25, 6:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	26 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.