Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2007, 11:29 PM CDT for Gove County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2007, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2007, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Gove County, KS, Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Quinter, KS | |
| May 4, 11:35 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Quinter, KS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 4, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 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 050429 RRA SVRGLD KSC063-179-050530- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0042.070505T0429Z-070505T0530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1129 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... NORTHEASTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 1125 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR QUINTER...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PARK AROUND 1135 PM CDT... HOXIE AROUND 1210 AM CDT... TASCO AROUND 1215 AM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 113. 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. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3897 10037 3895 10015 3956 10017 3955 10049 $$ KILLINGSWORTH
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KGLD 050444 RRA SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1043 PM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 KSC063-050453- /O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-070505T0530Z/ GOVE KS- 1143 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GOVE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS LEFT GOVE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3913 10037 3913 10016 3956 10017 3955 10049 $$ KSC179-050530- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-070505T0530Z/ SHERIDAN KS- 1143 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY... AT 1141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF TASCO...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF QUINTER...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TASCO AROUND 1205 AM CDT... DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN QUINTER AT AROUND 1130 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 3913 10037 3913 10016 3956 10017 3955 10049 $$ KILLINGSWORTH
000 WWUS53 KGLD 050458 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1058 PM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 KSC179-050530- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-070505T0530Z/ SHERIDAN KS- 1158 PM CDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY... AT 1152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TASCO...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF HOXIE...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY AROUND 1210 AM CDT... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. LAT...LON 3913 10037 3913 10016 3956 10017 3955 10049 $$ KILLINGSWORTH
000 WWUS53 KGLD 050522 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1123 PM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 KSC179-050533- /O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-070505T0530Z/ SHERIDAN KS- 1223 AM CDT SAT MAY 5 2007 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1230 AM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS LEFT THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. LAT...LON 3913 10037 3913 10016 3956 10017 3955 10049 $$ KILLINGSWORTH
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 4, 3:05 PM CDT, 8 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 3:05 PM CDT, 8 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 205 PM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 .DISCUSSION...FOCUS OF THE FORECAST REMAINS ON POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS THEN AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-MONDAY NIGHT) TONIGHT...WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG IT AND MOVE TOWARD THE NORTH. SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED AS NOSE OF 80+KT UPPER JET MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST AS UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH MOVE INTO WESTERN COLORADO. LOW LEVEL CLOUDINESS AND FOG WILL REDEVELOP AS BOUNDARY LAYER RESATURATES. WILL NEED TO ADD MENTION OF FOG. SATURDAY/SATURDAY NIGHT...LARGE PORTION OF UPPER LOW LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO NORTHEAST CO/EASTERN WY CREATING AN ELONGATED UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROUGH. SURFACE LOW REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY OVER FAR NORTH CENTRAL KS/SOUTH CENTRAL NE WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING THE LOW THROUGH THE CENTRAL OR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS GIVEN MODEST INSTABILITY/LITTLE INHIBITION/INCREASING UPPER JET AND FAVORABLE UPPER DIVERGENCE. DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS DRY SLOT WORKS INTO THE AREA. CURRENT THINKING IS BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP WILL EXIST OVER THE FAR EASTERN CWA OVERNIGHT. SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT...WILL TREND TOWARD THE RUC13/GFS/ENSEMBLE SFC SOLUTION WHICH PUSHES A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA VS THE NAM WHICH PUSHES THROUGH HALF OF THE AREA BY DAYS END. THE UPPER PATTERN ISNT MUCH CLEARER WITH THE LARGE UPPER TROUGH AND/OR TROUGH AXIS LINGERING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS. LOW CONFIDENCE TEMP/POP/WX FORECAST AS THE DETAILS VARY BETWEEN THE MODS. WILL HAVE HIGH CHANCE POPS DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE 60S...MAYBE 70 OUT EAST. MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT...UPPER TROUGH AXIS EXTENDS FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE HIGH PLAINS INTO THE SOUTHWEST STATES WITH AMPLIFIED UPPER RIDGE AXIS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND CALIFORNIA THROUGH MONTANA REGIONS. WILL CARRY SOME SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW CHANGE POPS PER HPC GUIDANCE. .LONG TERM (TUESDAY-FRIDAY) MONDAYS UPPER TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY WITH SHORT RANGE RIDGING BUILDING IN BEHIND FOR WEDNESDAY. FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGING TAKES HOLD OVER THE AREA. TEMPERATURES SLOWLY WARM THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS BY FRIDAY IN THE LOW 80S. LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PRECIPITATION CHANCES AT THIS TIME. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. NE...NONE. CO...NONE. && DDT
Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 11:46 AM CDT, 11 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1046 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-051530- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1046 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 /1146 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 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 MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE TRI STATE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA. SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING FOR AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. A DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW WILL FORCE A WARM FRONT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS. STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL COMBINE WITH INSTABILITY TO ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. TORNADOES AND VERY LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS STORMS BEGIN TO TRACK OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS....BRINGING THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EAST OF A LINE FROM OBERLIN TO GOVE KANSAS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AND A SLIGHT RISK WEST OF THAT LINE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRI-STATE AREA. SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WITH FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME THE MAIN THREAT APPEARS TO BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THE EVENING. JRM/FS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 4, 7:29 PM CDT, 4 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 629 PM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 COZ091-050100- KIT CARSON COUNTY- 629 PM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... AT 626 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF FLAGLER...OR 35 MILES EAST OF LIMON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 391 AND 408. MENTZER
Local storm report, May 4, 7:49 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
649 PM MDT FRI MAY 04 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0647 PM HAIL FLAGLER 39.29N 103.07W
05/04/2007 M0.88 INCH KIT CARSON CO TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
BOYDSpecial weather statement, May 4, 7:59 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 659 PM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 COZ090-091-050130- KIT CARSON COUNTY-YUMA COUNTY- 659 PM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... AT 654 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SEIBERT...OR 35 MILES WEST OF BURLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 182 AND 192. MENTZER
Special weather statement, May 4, 8:29 PM CDT, 3 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 729 PM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 COZ090-050200- YUMA COUNTY- 729 PM MDT FRI MAY 4 2007 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR YUMA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... AT 725 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR COPE...OR 37 MILES NORTHWEST OF BURLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 181 AND 189. MENTZER
Local storm report, May 4, 11:15 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1015 PM MDT FRI MAY 04 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1013 PM HAIL YUMA 40.12N 102.72W
05/04/2007 M1.00 INCH YUMA CO EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
CFOLTZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 58 min |
| May 5, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 58 min |
| May 5, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 31 min |
| May 5, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 24 min |
| May 5, 10:01 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Sheridan and 2 more | 12 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.