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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1996, 7:26 PM CDT for Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1996, 7:26 PM CDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Logan County, KS
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 2053 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
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 May 31, 3:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 3:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-312240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 238 PM MDT (338 PM CDT) FRI MAY 31 1996 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS PLUS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT). NA TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO FORM. IF A THUNDERSTORM MOVES OVER YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MENTZER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 67 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.