Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 275, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2001, 2:10 PM CDT for Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. 2 reports 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
- Aug 23, 2001, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2001, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Logan County, KS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 2:33 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Russell Spgs, KS | Power pole reported down from storm. |
| Aug 23, 2:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 M | Russell Spgs, KS | Wind blew large tree branches down in area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 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
- 851 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 23, 2:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 2:10 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 23, 1:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1203 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1200 PM 8 NW GOODLAND KS .75 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 SHERMAN REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Aug 23, 1:36 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1236 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1218 PM GOODLAND KS .88 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 SHERMAN REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:39 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-231300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1239 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COUNTIES OF GOVE...WICHITA...DECATUR...NORTON...SHERIDAN...THOMAS...LOGAN... GREELEY...GRAHAM...WALLACE...CHEYENNE...SHERMAN AND RAWLINS UNTIL 700 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING(800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. LAMMERS
Local storm report, Aug 23, 1:39 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1239 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1151 AM 5 NW SHARON SPGS KS .75 INCH HAIL
08/23/01 WALLACE EVENT DURATION 20
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:46 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-231300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1246 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COUNTIES OF GOVE...WICHITA...DECATUR...NORTON...SHERIDAN...THOMAS...LOGAN... GREELEY...GRAHAM...WALLACE...CHEYENNE...SHERMAN AND RAWLINS UNTIL 700 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING(800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. LAMMERS
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:56 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-240100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RETRANSMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1256 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2001 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COUNTIES OF GOVE...WICHITA...DECATUR...NORTON...SHERIDAN...THOMAS...LOGAN... GREELEY...GRAHAM...WALLACE...CHEYENNE...SHERMAN AND RAWLINS UNTIL 700 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING(800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING). REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION. LAMMERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 65 min |
| Aug 23, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 59 min |
| Aug 23, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 58 min |
| Aug 23, 1:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 54 min |
| Aug 23, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan | 50 min |
| Aug 23, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 55 min |
| Aug 23, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 57 min |
| Aug 23, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 59 min |
| Aug 23, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.