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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Goodland, KS

May 8, 2006Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2006, 6:27 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2006, 7:07 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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 8, 4:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2006-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 640 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2006-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
640 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
241 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2006

.DISCUSSION...THE 20Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A TROUGH ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST FORECAST AREA AND A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST.
DEWPOINTS WERE DROPPING INTO THE 40S BEHIND THE TROUGH WITH
DEWPOINTS AS LOWS AS THE UPPER 20S IN THE FAR WEST ZONES. WATER
VAPOR SHOWS THE MAIN UPPER LOW ACROSS CENTRAL WYOMING WITH
SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING AHEAD OF IT INTO THE NORTHWEST FORECAST
AREA. LATEST LOOK OUT THE WINDOW SHOWS CONVECTION BEING SQUELCHED
BY DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE WEST.

FLOW ALOFT WILL BE WESTERLY TONIGHT/TUESDAY AND THEN BECOME
NORTHWEST TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A RIDGE/SUBSIDENCE
WILL BUILD INTO THE ROCKIES THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT. AT THE
SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND A FRONT TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THERE IS ANOTHER FRONT THAT COMES
THROUGH ON TUESDAY.

MAIN CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS FORECAST WILL BE POPS. THE SURFACE
TROUGH IS MOVING RAPIDLY THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND WILL
NEED TO MONITOR ITS PROGRESS TO DETERMINE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE. A
COLD FRONT WILL FOLLOW THE TROUGH BUT INSTABILITY IS LACKING SO
WOULD EXPECT SHOWERS. A SHORTWAVE WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT SO
CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWER ACTIVITY SHOULD WIND
DOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD FIRE ALONG THIS FRONT IN THE
AFTERNOON AND PROGRESS ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. WIDESPREAD
DYNAMICS ARE INDICATED FOR THE FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY AS THE
MAIN UPPER LOW MOVES EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. GFS/NAM
FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE A LACK OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND AM
TEMPTED TO LOWER POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE BUT THE SOUNDING IS PROBABLY
TOO DRY. FOR NOW WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS FOR THIS EVENT. DYNAMICS MOVE
AWAY BY 00Z THURSDAY SO WILL KEEP DRY CONDITIONS FROM WEDNESDAY
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

850MB TEMPERATURES ARE WARMEST ON TUESDAY AND THEN COOL 4 TO 5
DEGREES FOR WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY. FOLLOWED MET GUIDANCE FOR MAX
TEMPERATURES AND MAV FOR LOW TEMPERATURES.

DAYS 4-7...A RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE ROCKIES DURING THIS TIME. AT
THE SURFACE...LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS ON SATURDAY
AND AN ASSOCIATED FRONT WILL FOCUS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY/SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HIGH
PRESSURE/SUBSIDENCE FOLLOWS ON MONDAY. MAX TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE
A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. LOWS WILL ALSO
BE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
NE...NONE.
CO...NONE.
&&

FS
Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 11:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 42 minutes 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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton60 min
May 8, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas64 min
May 8, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan64 min
May 8, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham61 min
May 8, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan42 min
May 8, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2006Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.