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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Goodland, KS

May 8, 2006Graham County, Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2006, 4:45 PM CDT for Graham County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 8, 2006, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired: May 8, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 8, 4:23 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 8, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 11:45 AM CDT, 5 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1045 AM MDT MON MAY 8 2006

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-091200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1145 AM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 /1045 AM MDT MON MAY 8 2006/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE AREA...EAST OF A
HILL CITY TO GOVE KANSAS LINE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH IN RESPONSE TO DAYTIME HEATING AND AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. ELSEWHERE IN THE TRI
STATE AREA...ISOLATED HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AFTER SUNSET WITH THE LOSS
OF DAYTIME HEATING AND AS COOLER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES
MOVE EAST OF THE ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

LOCKHART/JDK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 8, 4:26 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 8, 4:30 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	64 min
May 8, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan	64 min
May 8, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	61 min
May 8, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	42 min
May 8, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	67 min
May 8, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2006 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.