Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Goodland, KS

Issued

Aug 12, 2000, 9:15 PM CDT (02:15 UTC)

Expired

Aug 12, 2000, 9:45 PM CDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Goodland, KS

Area

Whole counties

County Hitchcock County, NE

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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784 
WUUS53 KGLD 130215
SVRGLD
NEC087-130245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
915 PM CDT SAT AUG 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 913 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF STRATTON NE...OR ABOUT 11
  MILES NORTHWEST OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  AFFECTING RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE...TRENTON AND CULBERTSON.

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60
MPH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN
OBSERVED OR DETECTED BY RADAR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...MOVE INDOORS TO A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROAD.

$$

VPAPOL

LAT...LON 4034 10132 4001 10132 4001 10076 4033 10077

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 12, 3:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
219 PM MDT SAT AUG 12 2000

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR THIS PACKAGE IS CHANCES OF PRECIP FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

MODEL INITIALIZATION...ALL MODELS INITIALIZING SIMILARLY WITH H85
TEMPS...WITH MINOR DIFFERENCE NOTABLE IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS. ALL
MODELS BRINGING COOLER AIR IN TOO FAST IN MT...WITH THE AVN BRINGING
COOLER AIR IN TOO FAST ACROSS ALL OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS. AT H7 NGM
IS NOT PICKING UP ON TROUGH EXTENDING INTO NE CO. NGM AND AVN
EXTENDING HIGH IN CENTRAL CONUS TOO FAR WEST INTO TX AND NM. WILL
CONTINUE WITH THE CONSISTENT ETA FOR THIS PACKAGE.

TONIGHT AND TOMORROW FRONT STALLS OVER AREA AND BECOMES FOCUS FOR
CONVECTION. GOOD BL THETA-E CONVERGENCE AS WELL AS FAIR OMEGA
FIELDS...COMBINED WITH UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT
FOR AT LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW NIGHT.

MONDAY IS MORE TRICKY AS ETA IS SHOWING GOOD QPF FIELD IN SW KS.
HOWEVER...VERTICAL MOTION FIELDS AS WELL AS BL THETA-E CONVERGENCE
FIELDS DO NOT SUPPORT THIS. WEAK UPPER LEVEL FORCING IS PRESENT BUT
I DO FEEL THIS IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE CONVECTION TO DEVELOP BY LATE
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALLOW UNIMPEDED HEATING AND WILL GO SLIGHTLY
ABOVE GUIDANCE ON HIGHS MONDAY.

IN THE EXTENDED...MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT ON CONTINUING OBNOXIOUS
FLATTENED RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS THROUGH THE EXTENDED...AS
WELL AS WELCOMED COOL FRONT PUSHING IN ON WED NIGHT/THURSDAY.
REMNANTS OF FRONT CONTINUE TO LINGER OVER CENTRAL PLAINS INTO
TUESDAY. BIGGEST CONCERN IS A REPEAT OF LAST WEEK WHERE SIMILAR
OCCURRENCE FARTHER SOUTH CAUSED A COOL POOL TO DEVELOP OVER AREAS OF
PERSISTENT CONVECTION. CONTINUED INFLOW OF GULF MOISTURE WITH
LINGERING BOUNDARY AND SEVERAL WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SHOULD
PROVIDE FOR CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EXTENDED.

.GLD...NONE.

SViEN

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