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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2005, 5:16 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado. 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 24, 2005, 5:16 PM MDT (23:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2005, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kit Carson County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 24, 12:45 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 24, 1:10 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -398 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGLD 242316 SVRGLD COC063-250015- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0078.050524T2316Z-050525T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 516 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 615 PM MDT * AT 514 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 OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KIT CARSON COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 530 PM MDT... RURAL SOUTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY AROUND 610 PM MDT... A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT. 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 3917 10276 3903 10275 3904 10206 3925 10207 $$ MCGUIRE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 242343 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 542 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 COC063-250015- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-050525T0015Z/ KIT CARSON CO- 542 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY... AT 539 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF BURLINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND HAIL UP TO ONCH INCH IN DIAMETER. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3956 10252 3903 10274 3904 10205 3957 10205 $$ MCGUIRE
000 WWUS53 KGLD 250013 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 613 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 COC063-250023- /O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-050525T0015Z/ KIT CARSON CO- 613 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM MDT... HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEAST KIT CARSON COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3956 10252 3903 10274 3904 10205 3957 10205 $$ 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 24, 4:57 PM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 4:57 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 457 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 .UPDATE...ZONES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO ADD ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF OUR NORTHWEST KANSAS ZONES. LATEST RADAR OBSERVATIONS AND SATELLITE TRENDS INDICATED CONTINUING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO AND SPREADING EASTWARD INTO WESTERN KANSAS INTO THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MADE NO OTHER CHANGES TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .KS...NONE. .NE...NONE. .CO...NONE. && LAMMERS
Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 10:26 AM MDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1026 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-251200- 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- 1026 AM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS...EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD FRONT...COMBINED WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO SLIDE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS HAVE ALREADY FORMED AHEAD OF THIS DISTURBANCE ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS MORNING AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR SOME DIME SIZE HAIL WITH THE LATE MORNING STORMS...MORE WIDESPREAD STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP AFTER 2 PM MDT (3 PM CDT). SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD INITIALLY FORM NORTH AND WEST OF A MCCOOK TO TRIBUNE LINE...THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE EVENING. LARGE HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE OR LARGER...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM THAT FORM. THESE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO FORM INTO A LINE AFTER SUNSET AND THE THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF FLOODING OVERNIGHT...PRIMARILY IN LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN MONDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ALTHOUGH COOLER AND DRYER AIR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION. ALTHOUGH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED AFTER 2 PM MDT (3 PM CDT). JRM
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 24, 1:11 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 111 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 COZ090-091-250200- KIT CARSON-YUMA- 111 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...TORNADO WATCH 322 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM MDT. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: IN COLORADO: YUMA...KIT CARSON HAIL TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES 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. JRM
Special weather statement, May 24, 1:42 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 142 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 COZ092-250200- CHEYENNE CO- 142 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 323 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM MDT. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: IN COLORADO: CHEYENNE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. 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. DLF
Special weather statement, May 24, 2:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 243 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 NEZ079>081-250400- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 243 PM MDT (343 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 324 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT (11 PM CDT)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: DUNDY...HITCHCOCK...RED WILLOW HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. 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. FS
Local storm report, May 24, 4:33 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
433 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0425 PM TSTM WND GST 9 S YUMA 39.99N 102.72W
05/24/2005 50 MPH YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZED HAIL
&&
KGIEDDSpecial weather statement, May 24, 4:33 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 433 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005 KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-250500- CHEYENNE KS-DECATUR-GOVE-GRAHAM-GREELEY-LOGAN-NORTON-RAWLINS- SHERIDAN-SHERMAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-WICHITA- 433 PM MDT (533 PM CDT) TUE MAY 24 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 326 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT)... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM MDT (MIDNIGHT CDT) FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS. THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH: CHEYENNE...DECATUR...GOVE...GRAHAM...GREELEY...LOGAN... NORTON...RAWLINS...SHERIDAN...SHERMAN...THOMAS...WALLACE AND WICHITA. HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. 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. LAMMERS
Local storm report, May 24, 4:58 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
458 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0452 PM TORNADO 9 SW IDALIA 39.61N 102.42W
05/24/2005 YUMA CO NWS EMPLOYEE
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
&&
KGIEDDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 43 min |
| May 23, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 56 min |
| May 24, 4:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Yuma | 51 min |
| May 24, 5:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 20 min |
| May 24, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 56 min |
| May 24, 5:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 27 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 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.