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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

April 29, 2003Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2003, 2:28 AM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2003, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2003, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Decatur County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

938 
WUUS53 KGLD 290728
SVRGLD
KSC039-290830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
228 AM CDT TUE APR 29 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 228 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OBERLIN...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OBERLIN AT 255 AM CDT
  CEDAR BLUFFS AT 315 AM CDT

HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE 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.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
GOODLAND.

LAT...LON 3981 10073 3960 10073 3997 10019 3999 10055

BULLER

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 2:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	65 min
Apr 29, 3:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Rawlins	47 min
Apr 29, 4:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur	38 min
Apr 29, 5:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Decatur	29 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.