Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1997, 2:56 PM CDT for Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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
- May 26, 1997, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1997, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Thomas County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:10 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Rexford, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1444 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
806 WUUS1 KGLD 261955 RRA SVRGLD KSC193-262100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 156 PM MDT MON MAY 26 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS * UNTIL 400 PM CDT (300 PM MDT) * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED HALFORD AROUND 308 PM CDT GEM AROUND 309 PM CDT * AT 256 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF COLBY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAVISH/MARTELLO
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 26, 11:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 11:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1003 AM MDT (1103 AM CDT) MON MAY 26 1997 UPDATED FOR VARIOUS ELEMENTS. FIRST PRIORITY WILL BE POP CHCS. WITH COOL STABLE LAYER SLOWLY WARMING IN A NNELY FLOW ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER...EXPECTING SUNSHINE TO PERIODICALLY DEVELOP SHALLOW SC OUT AHEAD OF H7/H5 LOW AND COLD POOL CURRENTLY OVER NRN COLORADO. RUC 12Z SHOWS H5 TEMPS TO BE M18-M21C ACROSS AREA BY 00Z. CURRENT SATELLITE AND RADAR SHOW ECHOES DRIFTING ENEWD WITH TCU SLOWLY BUILDING TO THE SW OF THE MAIN ENERGY. I MENTIONED SEVERE TSRA MAINLY FOR A GRADUAL LOWERING OF THE WET BULB ZEROS. 12Z UA DATA SHOWS H7 TEMPS 0 TO -5C OVER NERN UTAH/NWRN COLORADO AND 12Z RUC SHOWS THIS COOLER AIR AT H7 ALONG CO/KS BORDER BY 21Z. THOUGHT HAIL COULD OCCUR IN CO ZNS 91/92 BY THEN...AND WITH TEMPS WARMING EAST OF A MCK/CBK/TRB LINE THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING INSTABILITY LIKELY. WIND PROFILES LOOK LAME...BUT STILL...CONVECTION SHOULD BREAK OUT IN STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AND STRONGER WEST WINDS ALOFT. TEMPS... LEFT TEMPS AS THEY ARE WEST OF A MCK/TRB LINE BUT RAISED THEN TO NEAR 70 AT HLC. A NWLY SFC FLO HAS SET UP TEMPORARILY AND SEEMS TO BE ALLOWING A WARMER DOWNSLOPE FLOW TO DEVELOP. A SLIVER OF LOW CLOUDS CONTINUE TO STREAM OVER HLC AREA BUT TEMPS CONTINUE TO WARM BELOW THIS SC DECK. IF IT DOESNT RAIN...TEMPS MAY REACH 70 TO 75 RANGE BEFORE SURFACE WAVE EXITS FORECAST AREA AND WINDS RECOVER TO A LGT NLY FLOW. HOPEFULLY...THIS WONT HAPPEN...16Z SFC OB MAY INDICATE THAT THINGS HAVE STABILIZED TEMPWISE. OTHERWISE SURFACE LAYER WILL BE PRIMED FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AS UPPER SYSTEM EJECTS A PRETTY STRONG WAVE THIS EVENING ACROSS THAT AREA. VOJTESAK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 26, 11:18 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-270600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1018 AM MDT MON MAY 26 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SYNOPSIS: ANOTHER FAST-MOVING WAVE OF UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY WILL PASS OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. UNUSUALLY COLD AIR ALOFT FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WILL ALLOW CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ABOVE WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A MARGINALLY UNSTABLE SURFACE LAYER LATER TODAY. WITH SURFACE DEW POINT TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S FOR THE MOST PART... POCKETS OF STRONG SUNSHINE WILL ONLY ENHANCE THE INSTABILITY NEAR THE SURFACE. THE ONLY SNAG IN THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SCENARIO WILL BE THE INCREASING NORTH SURFACE FLOW ENTERING THE REGION FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA. TEMPERATURES MAY BREAK OUT INTO THE UPPER 60S IN SOME LOCATIONS...PARTICULARLY EAST OF A MCCOOK NEBRASKA RUSSELL SPRINGS KANSAS LINE. NEVERTHELESS...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME DEEP CONVECTION. THE MAIN CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WILL BE LARGE HAIL. VOJTESAK
Special weather statement, May 26, 11:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-270600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1018 AM MDT MON MAY 26 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 THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SYNOPSIS: ANOTHER FAST-MOVING WAVE OF UPPER-LEVEL ENERGY WILL PASS OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. UNUSUALLY COLD AIR ALOFT FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WILL ALLOW CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ABOVE WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE A MARGINALLY UNSTABLE SURFACE LAYER LATER TODAY. WITH SURFACE DEW POINT TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S FOR THE MOST PART... POCKETS OF STRONG SUNSHINE WILL ONLY ENHANCE THE INSTABILITY NEAR THE SURFACE. THE ONLY SNAG IN THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SCENARIO WILL BE THE INCREASING NORTH SURFACE FLOW ENTERING THE REGION FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA. TEMPERATURES MAY BREAK OUT INTO THE UPPER 60S IN SOME LOCATIONS...PARTICULARLY EAST OF A MCCOOK NEBRASKA RUSSELL SPRINGS KANSAS LINE. NEVERTHELESS...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL ALLOW FOR SOME DEEP CONVECTION. THE MAIN CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WILL BE LARGE HAIL. VOJTESAK
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:04 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-270110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 104 PM MDT MON MAY 26 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT... A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES OF SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE KANSAS COUNTIES NOT INCLUDED IN THIS THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE: CHEYENNE...SHERMAN...WALLACE AND GREELEY. THEREFORE THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SWANSON RESERVOIR IN HITCHCOCK COUNTY NEBRASKA TO SELKIRK KANSAS IN WESTERN WICHITA COUNTY KANSAS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. VOJTESAK
Special weather statement, May 26, 2:05 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
KSZ002>004-014>016-028-029-042-NEZ080-081-270110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 104 PM MDT MON MAY 26 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT... A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR LARGE HAIL...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES OF SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE KANSAS COUNTIES NOT INCLUDED IN THIS THUNDERSTORM WATCH ARE: CHEYENNE...SHERMAN...WALLACE AND GREELEY. THEREFORE THE WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT...ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SWANSON RESERVOIR IN HITCHCOCK COUNTY NEBRASKA TO SELKIRK KANSAS IN WESTERN WICHITA COUNTY KANSAS. AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR 6LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. VOJTESAK
Local storm report, May 26, 2:08 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
110 PM MDT (220 PM CDT) MON MAY 26 1997
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1253 PM BIRD CITY KS .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/97 CHEYENNE
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KWIATKOWSKIThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 66 min |
| May 26, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 63 min |
| May 26, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.