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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

May 12, 2004Gove County, Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 12, 2004, 9:53 PM CDT for Gove County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 67 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
May 12, 2004, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gove County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2004-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1564 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2004-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
441 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
13.2

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The text

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

512 
WUUS53 KGLD 130253
SVRGLD
KSC063-179-130400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
953 PM CDT WED MAY 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS
  NORTHERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRINNELL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF OAKLEY...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRINNELL BY 1010 PM CDT
  GRAINFIELD BY 1025 PM CDT
  PARK BY 1030 PM CDT
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TASCO BY 1050 PM CDT

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 3909 10081 3892 10081 3901 10016 3950 10017

MCGUIRE

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace64 min
May 12, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan54 min
May 12, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan29 min
May 12, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham66 min

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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.