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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Goodland, KS

July 3, 1994Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1994, 6:19 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1994, 6:19 PM MDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1994, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sherman County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1994-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2152 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 1994-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
2152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
7.5

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace43 min
Jul 3, 7:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas63 min
Jul 3, 7:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan43 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.