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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Goodland, KS

July 2, 1994Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1994, 8:06 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 1994, 8:06 PM MDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 1994, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sherman County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1994-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 224 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1994-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
224 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace59 min
Jul 2, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLincoln30 min
Jul 2, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne65 min
Jul 2, 10:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDElbert42 min
Jul 3, 2:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDElbert26 min
Jul 3, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDElbert26 min
Jul 3, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLincoln44 min
Jul 3, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson68 min
Jul 3, 5:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson58 min

Nearby

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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.