Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Goodland, KS

Issued

Jul 27, 2002, 7:42 PM CDT (00:42 UTC)

Expired

Jul 27, 2002, 8:45 PM CDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS Goodland, KS

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wichita County, KS

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
742 PM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 742 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 2 MILES EAST OF MARIENTHAL TO 12
  MILES SOUTH OF SELKIRK...OR FROM 6 MILES WEST OF MODOC TO 16 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LEOTI...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LYDIA AT 845 PM CDT

ANOTHER LOCATION IN THIS WARNING IS...LEOTI.

HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE AND STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR
MORE CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

&&

LAT...LON 3862 10156 3826 10157 3826 10112 3867 10113

ENTWISTLE

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 27, 3:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
211 PM MDT SAT JUL 27 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGE IS PRECIP CHANCES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY
NIGHT.

19Z SURFACE MAP ANALYSIS SHOWED A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST. AN UPPER RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. IR AND
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A STRONG VORT MAX SPINNING OVER SOUTHERN
MONTANA WITH ANOTHER SIMILAR FEATURE MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA.

MODELS INITIALIZED WELL WITH REGARD TO THE MOVEMENT AND STRENGTH OF
THE SURFACE BOUNDARY TO OUR EAST AND ALSO WITH REGARD TO UPPER
FEATURES MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. WILL GO WITH MESOETA FOR
THE FIRST 36 HOURS. THEN WILL GO WITH A COMBINATION OF ETA AND AVN
OUT THROUGH DAY 3. STRONGER UPPER FLOW AND DYNAMICS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE GREAT
LAKES TO OUR NORTH.

FOR TONIGHT ATMOSPHERE EXPECTED TO BE TOO STABLE WEST OF THE
SURFACE TROUGH FOR HARDLY ANY CONVECTION TO OCCUR ACROSS THE GOODLAND
CWA. WILL KEEP THINGS DRY. ONLY SCATTERED TO BROKEN HIGH CLOUDINESS
TO MOVE ACROSS REGION. WILL GO CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS IN THE 60S
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.

BY SUNDAY AN UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE FRONT APPROACH THE AREA WITH
ASSOCIATED UPPER DYNAMICS AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE. ALSO MID LVL
TEMPS COOL SEVERAL DEGREES SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. WILL
GO WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. WILL ALSO GO CLOSE TO GUIDANCE TEMPS IN
THE MID TO UPPER 90S. ALSO WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS FOR AFTERNOON
CONVECTION FORMING OVER EASTERN COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND
MOVING EASTWARD INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. BEST QPF AMOUNTS WILL BE OVER
THE NORTHERN AND NORTHEAST ZONES.

BY MONDAY SYSTEMS EXIT THE REGION TO BE REPLACED BY A HOT AND DRY
MID LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND A LACK OF SIGNIFICANT UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCES WHICH WILL EQUATE INTO MORE HOT AND DRY WEATHER
WELL INTO NEXT WEEK.

WILL MAKE NO CHANGES TO DAYS 4 THROUGH 6. DAY SEVEN FOR NEXT
SATURDAY LOOKS DRY WITH DAYTIME TEMPS IN THE LOWER 90S AND
NIGHTTIME LOW TEMPS IN THE 60S.

.GLD...NONE.

LAMMERS

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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.