Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2005, 10:52 PM CDT for Cheyenne 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
- Aug 27, 2005, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2005, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cheyenne County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:53 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGLD 280352 SVRGLD KSC023-280445- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0310.050828T0352Z-050828T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1052 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 948 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 26 MILES SOUTH OF ST. FRANCIS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BIRD CITY AROUND 1125 PM CDT... WHEELER AROUND 1130 PM CDT... ST. FRANCIS AROUND 1135 PM CDT... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS OF 75 MPH OR MORE...HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS OR LARGER...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SEEK INDOOR SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING IN AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DIRT. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY. 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 3956 10204 3956 10139 4001 10163 4000 10205 $$ THEDE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 280412 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1012 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2005 KSC023-280445- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050828T0445Z/ CHEYENNE KS- 1112 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY... AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. FRANCIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ST. FRANCIS AROUND 1130 PM CDT... WHEELER AROUND 1135 PM CDT... BIRD CITY AROUND 1140 PM CDT... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND DAMAGING HAIL IN SHERMAN COUNTY. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING IN AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DIRT. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY. LAT...LON 3956 10204 3956 10139 4001 10163 4000 10205 $$ THEDE
000 WWUS53 KGLD 280425 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1025 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2005 KSC023-280445- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050828T0445Z/ CHEYENNE KS- 1125 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY... AT 1123 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST. FRANCIS TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF BIRD CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... BIRD CITY AROUND 1140 PM CDT... THIS IS A DANGEROUS LINE OF STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE 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. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING IN AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DIRT. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY. LAT...LON 3956 10204 3956 10139 4001 10163 4000 10205 $$ THEDE
000 WWUS53 KGLD 280444 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1043 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2005 KSC023-280453- /O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-050828T0445Z/ CHEYENNE KS- 1143 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1145 PM CDT... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND ARE NO LONGER SEVERE. GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH 1215 AM CDT. LAT...LON 3956 10204 3956 10139 4001 10163 4000 10205 $$ THEDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 10:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 56 min |
| Aug 27, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 11:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Norton | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 11:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 36 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.