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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Goodland, KS

July 25, 1996Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1996, 3:26 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1996, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1996, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 25, 3:33 PM CDTHail 0.75St Francis, KS
Jul 25, 4:24 PM CDTTornado F0Goodland, KS
Jul 25, 4:26 PM CDTHail 0.75Ruleton, KS
Jul 25, 4:26 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Ruleton, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 12:00Z on 1996-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 845 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 1996-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
845 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-213 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1414 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 Jul 25, 11:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 11:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 11:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
COZ090>092-NEZ079>081-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-260600-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1028 AM MDT (1128 AM CDT) THU JUL 25 1996

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

CHEYENNE CO   CHEYENNE KS   DECATUR KS     DUNDY NE        GOVE KS
GRAHAM KS     GREELEY KS    HITCHCOCK NE   KIT CARSON CO   LOGAN KS
NORTON KS     RAWLINS KS    RED WILLOW NE  SHERIDAN KS     SHERMAN KS
THOMAS KS     WALLACE KS    WICHITA KS     YUMA CO

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

SYNOPSIS: SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE TO BRING WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE
REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE
NORTHERN ROCKIES WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...TRIGGERING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE REGION. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY OVER ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS...
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

TURNER
Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:55 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
COZ090>092-252300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
154 PM MDT THU JUL 25 1996

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO
UNTIL 9 PM MDT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT.
YUMA...KIT CARSON...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES ARE ALL INCLUDED IN THIS
WATCH.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO
DEVELOP IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A REINFORCED STRUCTURE.

MENTZER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman49 min
Jul 25, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman33 min
Jul 25, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace63 min
Jul 25, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSherman32 min
Jul 25, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan49 min
Jul 25, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan47 min
Jul 25, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita62 min
Jul 25, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma62 min
Jul 25, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma66 min
Jul 25, 3:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma57 min
Jul 25, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne49 min
Jul 25, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock64 min
Jul 25, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow50 min
Jul 25, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock65 min
Jul 25, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDRed Willow34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.