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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 227, NWS Goodland, KS

September 19, 2007Gove County, Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2007, 3:31 PM CDT for Gove County, Logan 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 19, 2007, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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
Sep 19, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2007-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1132 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 2007-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
1132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 Sep 19, 3:46 AM CDT, 11 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 3:46 AM CDT, 11 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 11:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1047 AM MDT WED SEP 19 2007

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-201200-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1047 AM MDT WED SEP 19 2007 /1147 AM CDT WED SEP 19 2007/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING OVER MUCH OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL
TRANSPORT INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTO THE
AREA. WIND SHEAR WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO BE THE PRIMARY
THREAT. TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DDT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 3:16 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
216 PM MDT WED SEP 19 2007

KSZ028-029-192115-
GOVE-LOGAN-
316 PM CDT WED SEP 19 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS AND GOVE COUNTY
IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 314 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR SCOTT CITY MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

THEDE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.