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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

May 6, 2005Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2005, 3:16 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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 6, 2005, 3:16 PM MDT (21:16 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2005, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 6, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2005-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2005-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGLD 062116
SVRGLD
NEC057-062200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0021.050506T2116Z-050506T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
316 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 315 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  HAIGLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PARKS AROUND 335 PM MDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING MEANS THAT SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN
OBSERVED OR INDICATED 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.

LAT...LON 3997 10207 3997 10169 4023 10158 4034 10204

$$

LOCKHART
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 062140
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
339 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005

NEC057-062200-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050506T2200Z/
DUNDY NE-
339 PM MDT FRI MAY 6 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR DUNDY
COUNTY...

AT 325 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAIGLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL DUNDY COUNTY AROUND 350 PM MDT...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3997 10207 3997 10169 4023 10158 4034 10204

$$

LOCKHART

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy32 min
May 6, 4:30 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDDundy30 min
May 6, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.