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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Goodland, KS

September 8, 1997Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 1997, 10:19 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report 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
Sep 8, 1997, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 1997, 11:25 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Norton County, KS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 8, 10:48 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Lenora, KS58 mph gust recorded at Lenora School. Higher gusts likely across town with numerous tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter down. One 12 inch diameter tree blown over.

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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 1997-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 372 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 1997-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur64 min
Sep 8, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham65 min
Sep 8, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.