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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS

March 25, 1995Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1995, 12:37 AM CST for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 1995, 12:37 AM CST (06:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 1995, 1:30 AM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Decatur County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 1995-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 250639 RRA
SVRGLD
KSC039-250730-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1137 PM MST (1237 AM CST) FRI MAR 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM MST (130 AM CST)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
 
   ...DECATUR COUNTY
 
AT 1240 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ENTERING DECATUR COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF OBERLIN. THIS STORM IS
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM IS ESPECIALLY LIKELY TO
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
JJK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 24, 8:56 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 8:56 PM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
756 PM MST (856 PM CST) FRI MAR 24 1995

RECOMMENDATIONS...

DISCUSSION: FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WHETHER CONTINUED CHC OF THUNDER
TNGT.

CONVECTION THAT FIRED TO N OF AREA NOT DVLPG MUCH AND CERTAINLY
STARTING TO LOSE EFFECT OF DAYTIME HEATING. THINK WE CAN FORGET ABOUT
CONVECTION REST OF TNGT IN CO AND WRN TIER OF KS CNTIES WHERE
DRY LINE HAS PUSHED THROUGH AND CLEANED OUT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THIS
VERY DRY AIR SHOULD ALSO HELP HOLD OFF ANY DVLPG UPSLOPE PCPN TIL 2ND
PD.

IN OUR MORE ERN CNTIES...LOCAL MESO ANALYSIS CONTINUES TO SHOW WELL
DEVELOPED THETA-E RIDGE. SAT PIX SHOWS PERTURBATION MOVING UP FROM SW
IN THIS DIRECTION. ALSO WITH COLD FRNT SFC ANALYSIS NOW SHWS DVLPG OVR
SE WY AND NE CO COMING DWN LATE TNGT TO INTERACT WITH DRY LINE...WOULD
MAINTAIN CHC POPS TO OUR E.

CURRENT TEMPS LOOK ABT ON TRACK XCP WOULD DROP A CAT IN WRN KS AND NE
FOR DRYLINE. SFC LOW SEEMS TO BE DVLPG ALMOST EXACTLY WHERE ALL
MODELS SAY AND WOULD ADJUST WINDS ACCORDING ALLOWING FOR CROSS-ISOBARIC
NIGHT EFFECTS.

KWIATKOWSKI

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 25, 12:36 AM CST, 1 minute before
NEZ081-KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-042-250740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1134 PM MST (1234 AM CST) FRI MAR 24 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FOR MUCH OF
NORTHWEST KANSAS AND PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WENT FROM ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF COLBY
KANSAS TO JUST EAST OF MCCOOK NEBRASKA AT 1230 AM CST IS FORECAST TO
SLOWLY MOVE EAST TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS LINE MAY CAUSE EITHER
LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS.

JJK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 12:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan54 min
Mar 25, 12:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas49 min
Mar 25, 1:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan55 min
Mar 25, 1:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur60 min
Mar 25, 3:08 PM CSTTornado WarningGLDWichita37 min
Mar 25, 3:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita55 min
Mar 25, 5:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita54 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.