Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1997, 4:28 PM CDT for Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 47 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
- Apr 29, 1997, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1997, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1270 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 292128 RRA SVRGLD KSC039-153-292215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 328 PM MDT TUE APR 29 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS EASTERN RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS * UNTIL 515 PM CDT (415 PM MDT) * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED OBERLIN AROUND 505 PM CDT * AT 427 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OBERLIN NEAR THE DECATUR/RAWLINS COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. SINCE A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...HAVE A PLAN READY IN CASE A TORNADO ALSO OCCURS WITH THIS SEVERE TH2UNDERSTORM. IF YOU HEAR A LOUD ROARING SOUND OR SEE ROTATING DEBRIS...IT MAY BE A TORNADO. MENTZER
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 Apr 29, 2:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 2:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 152 PM MDT (252 PM CDT) TUE APR 29 1997 ...MN FCST PROBLEM WILL BE TSTMS TNGT... UPR LVL TROF MVG THROUGH ERN WY WITH SECONDARY S/WV THRU WRN CO. LO LVL MOISTURE HAS DCRD OVR WRN CWA WITH DEWPTS DROPPING 10 DEG F AT GLD. AT 19Z DRY LN EXTENDED FM AKO...GLD...TRIBUNE...LAA. INSTABILITY SHUD INCR LTR THIS AFTN AND TNGT AS ETA SHOWED STG DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ADVCTN BETWEEN H8 AND H5. MODIFIED SNDG GAVE CAPE AT LBF NEAR 1500. WL INCLUDE PSBLY SVR FOR NE AND ERN NW KS CWA DUE TO GREATER MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY AND WL STRATIFY POPPS W TO E ACCORDINGLY. STG GRAD FM SFC THRU H7 COMBINED WITH STG SUBSIDENCE WILL GIVE WINDY CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND EARLY WED. ALTHOUGH FAIRLY HIGH RH ON MDLS WL GO PC ON WED DUE TO DNSLOPE AND SUBSIDENCE. NEXT WEST CST SYS SHUD BE CLOSE ENUF BY THU AFTN TO GIVE A CHC FOR TSTMS WITH INCRG INSTABILITY. LTL DIFFERENCE IN MDLS AND WL GO LTL CHG FM NGM MOS TEMPS/POPS. GLD 040/060/037/062 311 HLC 048/062/037/065 611 CBK 041/061/038/063 311 MCK 040/060/035/063 311 TRB 042/063/037/065 211 ITR 037/060/037/063 211 HULL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 11:22 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-300600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1022 AM MDT TUE APR 29 1997 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 AFTER 4 PM EAST OF A TRENTON NEBRASKA TO GOVE KANSAS LINE. SYNOPSIS: A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH COOLER AIR ALOFT WILL PROVIDE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ESPECIALLY EAST OF A TRENTON NEBRASKA TO GOVE KANSAS LINE WHERE HEATING AND MOISTURE WILL BE GREATEST. PROJECTED STORM MOTION IS FROM WEST TO EAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH. HULL
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 11:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-300600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1022 AM MDT TUE APR 29 1997 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 AFTER 4 PM EAST OF A TRENTON NEBRASKA TO GOVE KANSAS LINE. SYNOPSIS: A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH COOLER AIR ALOFT WILL PROVIDE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE ESPECIALLY EAST OF A TRENTON NEBRASKA TO GOVE KANSAS LINE WHERE HEATING AND MOISTURE WILL BE GREATEST. PROJECTED STORM MOTION IS FROM WEST TO EAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH. HULL
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 3:38 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
KSZ002>004-014>016-NEZ080-081-292340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 238 PM MDT TUE APR 29 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT. THE FOLLOWING KANSAS COUNTIES ARE IN THE WATCH...NORTON...SHERIDAN ...DECATUR...GRAHAM...RAWLINS...GOVE...AND THOMAS. THE FOLLOWING NEBRASKA COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH...HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU OBSERVE A THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD YOU...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. MENTZER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 49 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.