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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 216, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2003, 7:07 PM MDT for Sherman County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 53 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
- Jul 31, 2003, 7:07 PM MDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2003, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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
- 149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3215 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGLD 010107 SVRGLD KSC181-193-010200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 807 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 900 PM CDT(800 PM MDT) * AT 807 PM CDT(707 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BREWSTER...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BREWSTER AT 835 PM CDT LEVANT AT 845 PM CDT 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING(MIDNIGHT MDT FRIDAY MORNING) FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING(900 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING) FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3957 10139 3958 10165 3915 10148 3916 10091 BULLER $$
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 Jul 31, 2:15 PM MDT, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 2:15 PM MDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 215 PM MDT THU JUL 31 2003 FORECAST CHALLENGE IS CHANCES OF CONVECTION/SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. TONIGHT...RATHER COMPLICATED SCENARIO DEVELOPING. CUMULUS FIELD AT 20Z ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO RESPONDING TO SHORTWAVE IN SOUTHERN WYOMING. CONVECTION ALREADY ONGOING A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH ALONG SURFACE FRONT IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AHEAD OF A SECOND SHORTWAVE. BELIEVE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE IN TWO DISTINCT TIME PERIODS/AREAS...ASSOCIATED WITH THE TWO SHORTWAVES. BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z ACTIVITY WILL BE CONCENTRATED IN WESTERN/SOUTHERN ZONES WITH SOUTHERN DISTURBANCE SLIDING OVER 700 MB THETA E RIDGE. ACTIVITY WILL INITIALLY BE HAMPERED SOMEWHAT IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER BY DRY AIR AT 700 MB...BUT SECOND SHORTWAVE WILL INITIATE CONVECTION UPSTREAM WHICH WILL PROBABLY CONGEAL INTO AN MCS IN WESTERN NEBRASKA CLIPPING OUR NORTHEASTERN ZONES AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHEAR VALUES ARE LESS THAN 30 KTS GENERALLY SOUTH OF I70 SO EXPECT FIRST WAVE TO BE DOMINATED BY MULTICELLS...THOUGH WITH UPSTREAM SHEAR VALUES QUICKLY RISING ABOVE 40 KTS A SUPERCELLULAR RIGHT MOVER CANNOT BE RULED OUT. AFTER 06Z...SHEAR INCREASES TO 40 TO 50 KTS NORTH OF I70...ESPECIALLY NEAR MCCOOK...WHERE RIGHT MOVERS WILL BE MOVING DUE SOUTH. ACTIVITY MAY LINGER PAST 12Z FAR EAST SO ADDED SLIGHT CHANCES IN THE MORNING. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...NOT MUCH CHANGE TO PREVIOUS THINKING AS NORTHWEST FLOW PERSISTS. TRIMMED FRIDAY/S SLIGHT CHANCES TO INCLUDE ONLY COLORADO/KANSAS BORDER AREA WHICH COINCIDES WITH 700 MB THETA E RIDGE AND LIFT...AND LATEST MOS POPS. TEMPERATURES LOOK ON TRACK WITH 700/850 MB TRENDS AND ONLY MINOR TWEAKS MADE THROUGH THIS PERIOD. EXTENDED (MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...BLOCKY PATTERN DOMINATES THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND DEEP TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. UPPER RIDGE AXIS BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES WILL BE WEST OF THE ROCKIES THROUGH TUESDAY...BUT GRADUALLY SHIFTS EAST WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE FORECAST AREA THUS WILL REMAIN IN NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH TUESDAY. 700 MB THETA RIDGE DEVELOPS OVER EASTERN COLORADO BOTH AFTERNOONS AND SHIFTS EAST IN THE EVENING...WITH BEST 850 THETA E CONVERGENCE IN THE WESTERN ZONES BOTH DAYS. UPPER FLOW WEAKENS UNDER THE RIDGE AXIS WEDNESDAY AND 700 MB THETA E RIDGE HUGS THE FRONT RANGE...NOTICEABLE ABSENCE OF THETA E CONVERGENCE WEDNESDAY EVENING. STILL...CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED STORM MAKING IT INTO THE COLORADO COUNTIES. BY THURSDAY 700 MB TEMPERATURES MAY BE WARM ENOUGH TO CAP ATMOSPHERE. UPPER RIDGE AXIS NOSES OVER THE FORECAST AREA AND WILL DEFLECT ENERGY TOWARDS THE NORTHERN PLAINS...SO WILL GO WITH A HOT AND DRY DAY 7. .GLD...NONE. JDK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 10:45 AM MDT, 8 hours 22 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-011200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED HEADLINE DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1045 AM MDT THU JUL 31 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF EASTERN WYOMING WILL WORK WITH AVAILABLE LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE CONCENTRATED NEAR THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA STATE LINE THIS AFTERNOON TO PRODUCE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREES WILL HELP THE ATMOSPHERE TO BE BECOME MODERATELY UNSTABLE. THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT WILL WORK TOGETHER TO IGNITE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM YUMA COLORADO TO RUSSELL SPRINGS KANSAS. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG WITH MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BENKELMAN NEBRASKA TO GOVE KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO EXIT THE TRI-STATE REGION AFTER 3 AM MDT (4 AM CDT). .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE REGION EACH DAY THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE REGION IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT. LAMMERS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 1:50 PM MDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
COZ090-KSZ001>004-013>016-NEZ079>081-010100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 150 PM MDT THU JUL 31 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 818 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE TRI-STATE AREA UNTIL 7 PM MDT (8 PM CDT)... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN EASTERN COLORADO...YUMA. IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...DUNDY...HITCHCOCK...AND RED WILLOW. IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...CHEYENNE...DECATUR...GRAHAM...NORTON... RAWLINS...SHERIDAN...SHERMAN...AND THOMAS. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WYOMING AND NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL RAPIDLY MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND DAMAGING ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL BEFORE EXITING REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LAMMERS
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 1:50 PM MDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
COZ090-KSZ001>004-013>016-NEZ079>081-010100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TYPO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 150 PM MDT THU JUL 31 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 818 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE TRI-STATE AREA UNTIL 7 PM MDT (8 PM CDT)... THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN EASTERN COLORADO...YUMA. IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...DUNDY...HITCHCOCK...AND RED WILLOW. IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...CHEYENNE...DECATUR...GRAHAM...NORTON... RAWLINS...SHERIDAN...SHERMAN...AND THOMAS. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WYOMING AND NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL RAPIDLY MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL BEFORE EXITING THE REGION LATER THIS AFTERNOON. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. LAMMERS
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 3:55 PM MDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-010045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 355 PM MDT THU JUL 31 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 7 PM MDT (8 PM CDT) ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AND UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT) SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70... A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH OUT OF NEBRASKA WILL INTERCEPT A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING OUT OF COLORADO AND WYOMING WILL BRING ADDITIONAL LIFT TO THE AREA. SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR EXISTS TO MAKE ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED SUPERCELLS POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE RELATIVELY HIGH THUNDERSTORM BASES...THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS OF UP TO 70 MPH...WITH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. 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. JDK
Local storm report, Jul 31, 6:49 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
649 PM MDT THU JUL 31 2003
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM 4 N WHEELER KS .75 INCH HAIL
07/31/03 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0630 PM 4 N WHEELER KS 60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/31/03 CHEYENNE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
WINDS BLEW DOWN A 10
INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB.Special weather statement, Jul 31, 7:00 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
COZ091-092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-010300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 700 PM MDT THU JUL 31 2003 ...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER THE TRI- STATE AREA... FIRST...YUMA COUNTY IS NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT (1 AM MDT) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...DUNDY... HITCHCOCK...AND RED WILLOW. THIS NEW WATCH ALSO COVERS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...CHEYENNE...DECATUR... NORTON...RAWLINS...SHERIDAN...SHERMAN...AND THOMAS. FINALLY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT) FOR KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN COLORADO AND FOR GOVE...GREELEY...LOGAN...WALLACE...AND WICHITA COUNTIES IN KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL...SOME LARGER THAN GOLFBALLS...AND WIND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. REPORTS OF WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK 10 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ENTWISTLE
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 7:00 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
COZ091-092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-010300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 700 PM MDT THU JUL 31 2003 ...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER THE TRI- STATE AREA... FIRST...YUMA COUNTY IS NO LONGER UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT (1 AM CDT) FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...DUNDY... HITCHCOCK...AND RED WILLOW. THIS NEW WATCH ALSO COVERS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...CHEYENNE...DECATUR... NORTON...RAWLINS...SHERIDAN...SHERMAN...AND THOMAS. FINALLY...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT) FOR KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN COLORADO AND FOR GOVE...GREELEY...LOGAN...WALLACE...AND WICHITA COUNTIES IN KANSAS. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL...SOME LARGER THAN GOLFBALLS...AND WIND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. REPORTS OF WINDS STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK 10 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. ENTWISTLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 46 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.