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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this tornado warning at Oct 12, 2021, 6:28 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 15 min. 2 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
- Oct 12, 2021, 6:28 PM MDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 12, 2021, 6:43 PM MDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 6:30 PM MDT | TORNADO 1 | Sharon Springs, KS | DISPATCH REPORT OF TORNADO HITTING GOLF COURSE ON SOUTH SIDE OF SHARON SPRINGS. POWERLINES WERE REPORTED DOWN. |
| Oct 12, 6:30 PM MDT | TORNADO | Sharon Springs, KS | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM SHARON SPRINGS. DISPATCH REPORT OF TORNADO HITTING GOLF COURSE ON SOUTH SIDE OF SHARON SPRINGS. POWERLINES WERE REPORTED DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 2:46 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1032 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KGLD 130028
TORGLD
KSC199-130100-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
628 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Wallace County in west central Kansas...
* Until 700 PM MDT.
* At 628 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Sharon Springs, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
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 dangerous storm will be near...
Wallace around 645 PM MDT.
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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3883 10179 3887 10183 3907 10167 3894 10148
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 225DEG 26KT 3888 10176
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Husted2 follow-up statements
719
WWUS53 KGLD 130036
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
636 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021
KSC199-130100-
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Wallace KS-
636 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WALLACE COUNTY...
At 636 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Sharon Springs, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Wallace County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3888 10171 3892 10176 3906 10166 3903 10161
3896 10151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 242DEG 29KT 3891 10169
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Husted942
WWUS53 KGLD 130043
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
643 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021
KSC199-130052-
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Wallace KS-
643 PM MDT Tue Oct 12 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WALLACE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been
cancelled. However gusty winds are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for west central
Kansas.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
eastern Wallace County until 730 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 3888 10171 3892 10176 3906 10166 3903 10161
3896 10151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 225DEG 26KT 3894 10165
$$
HustedThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 12, 6:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 29 min |
| Oct 12, 6:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 29 min |
| Oct 12, 6:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 27 min |
| Oct 12, 6:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 39 min |
| Oct 12, 6:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 21 min |
| Oct 12, 7:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 31 min |
| Oct 12, 8:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 34 min |
| Oct 12, 8:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan, Thomas | 23 min |
| Oct 12, 9:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham, Norton | 30 min |
| Oct 13, 3:00 AM MDT | Frost Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more | 30 hr |
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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.