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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Goodland, KS

May 23, 2005Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2005, 10:46 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 59 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 23, 2005, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2005, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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
May 23, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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: 2353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 4.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KGLD 240346
SVRGLD
KSC203-240445-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0073.050524T0346Z-050524T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1046 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1042 PM CDT(942 PM MDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. 
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF LEOTI TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEOTI TO 29 MILES WEST
  OF LEOTI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LEOTI AROUND 1100 PM CDT...
  LYDIA AROUND 1120 PM CDT...

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INDOORS. DO NOT STAND BY
WINDOWS. UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY...AVOID USING TELEPHONES THAT HAVE
CORDS ATTACHED TO THEM...COMPUTERS...AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

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 3869 10132 3868 10155 3855 10155 3826 10152
      3827 10111

$$

MWM

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KGLD 240405
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1003 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

KSC203-240445-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-050524T0445Z/
WICHITA KS-
1103 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR
WICHITA COUNTY...

AT 1059 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 15 MILES NORTH OF MARIENTHAL
TO MARIENTHAL TO LEOTI TO 8 MILES WEST OF LEOTI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LYDIA AROUND 1130 PM CDT...

STRONG WINDS BLEW OVER A SEMI 6 MILES WEST OF LEOTI IN WICHITA 
COUNTY AT 950 PM MDT (1050 PM CDT). THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK 
SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3869 10113 3868 10155 3855 10155 3826 10152
      3827 10111

$$

MCGUIRE

000 
WWUS53 KGLD 240444
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1044 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

KSC203-240454-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-050524T0445Z/
WICHITA KS-
1144 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WICHITA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1145
PM CDT...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE LEFT
THE WARNED AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3869 10113 3868 10155 3855 10155 3826 10152
      3827 10111

$$

MCGUIRE

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 May 23, 6:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 6:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
548 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

.UPDATE...ZONES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO ADD NEW SEVERE TUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA ZONES FROM RED
WILLOW COUNTY NEBRASKA TO THOMAS COUNTY TO WICHITA COUNTY OF
KANSAS EASTWARD. TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT
FOR REST OF FORECAST AREA. MADE NO OTHER CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST
EXPECT TO ADD MENTION OF STORMS BEING SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIDNS
AND LARGE HAIL WITH NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ACTIVE OVER EASTERN COLORADO PAST
FEW HOURS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD EASTWARD INTO THE
EVENING.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.KS...TORNADO WATCH FROM 2 PM MONDAY UNTIL 10 PM MONDAY FOR KSZ001...
      KSZ002...KSZ013...KSZ027.
      SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 6 PM MONDAY UNTIL 10 PM MONDAY
      FOR KSZ003...KSZ004...KSZ014...KSZ015...KSZ016...KSZ028...
      KSZ029...KSZ041...KSZ042.
.NE...TORNADO WATCH FROM 2 PM MONDAY UNTIL 10 PM MONDAY FOR NEZ079...
      NEZ080.
      SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 6 PM MONDAY UNTIL 10 PM MONDAY
      FOR NEZ081.
.CO...TORNADO WATCH FROM 2 PM MONDAY UNTIL 10 PM MONDAY FOR COZ090...
      COZ091...COZ092.

&&

LAMMERS

Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 11:20 AM CDT, 11 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1020 AM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-241200-
CHEYENNE KS-CHEYENNE COUNTY CO-DECATUR KS-DUNDY NE-GOVE KS-GRAHAM KS-
GREELEY KS-HITCHCOCK NE-KIT CARSON COUNTY CO-LOGAN KS-NORTON KS-
RAWLINS KS-RED WILLOW NE-SHERIDAN KS-SHERMAN KS-THOMAS KS-WALLACE KS-
WICHITA KS-YUMA COUNTY CO-
1020 AM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE TRI STATE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS.

A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO SLIDE INTO THE NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF
THE TRI STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AS THIS FRONT NEARS THE
AREA...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL TRANSPORT MOISTURE INTO THE AREA
RESULTING IN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
BEGIN TO DEVELOP AFTER 2 PM MDT (3 PM CDT) MAINLY WEST AND NORTH OF A
CULBERTSON TO CHEYENNE WELLS LINE...THEN DRIFT TO THE SOUTH AND EAST
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

INITIALLY VERY LARGE HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER...DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.
HOWEVER AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES STORMS WILL BEGIN TO MERGE INTO A
LINE AND THE MAIN THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO THOSE ON MONDAY AND MONDAY
NIGHT WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE...INSTABILITY...AND UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
TO SPAWN THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION.  SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

WEDNESDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER...ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT DECREASED CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION AS COOLER AND DRYER AIR MOVE INTO THE
REGION BEHIND A FRONT.  DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN
ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 2 PM MDT (3 PM CDT).

JRM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 9:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
840 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0836 PM     HAIL             OAKLEY                  39.13N 100.85W
05/23/2005  0.88 INCH        LOGAN              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MWM

Local storm report, May 23, 9:47 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
847 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0837 PM     HAIL             OAKLEY                  39.13N 100.85W
05/23/2005  0.75 INCH        LOGAN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

MWM

Local storm report, May 23, 9:52 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
852 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0850 PM     HAIL             8 S COLBY               39.27N 101.05W
05/23/2005  0.88 INCH        THOMAS             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

PAINTER

Local storm report, May 23, 10:02 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
902 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 PM     HAIL             SHARON SPRINGS          38.89N 101.75W
05/23/2005  0.75 INCH        WALLACE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MWM

Local storm report, May 23, 10:11 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
911 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0911 PM     HIGH SUST WINDS  SHARON SPRINGS          38.89N 101.75W
05/23/2005  60 MPH           WALLACE            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WINDS 50 TO 60 MPH

&&

PAINTER

Local storm report, May 23, 10:45 PM CDT, 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
945 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0944 PM     HIGH SUST WINDS  TRIBUNE                 38.47N 101.75W
05/23/2005  70 MPH           GREELEY            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STRAIGHT LINE WINDS NORTH ESTIMATED 70 MPH

&&

PAINTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	48 min
May 23, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Thomas	44 min
May 23, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	58 min
May 23, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	38 min
May 23, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	59 min
May 23, 10:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	45 min
May 23, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	25 min
May 23, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	39 min
May 24, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	55 min
May 24, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	55 min
May 24, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	63 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.