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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Goodland, KS

May 29, 20084 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2008, 3:54 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 66 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 29, 2008, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 4:16 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Angelus, KS
May 29, 4:18 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 70Angelus, KS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 22 minutes after it went out.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC10 hr
May 29, 2:30 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2008-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1326 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 2008-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 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
1326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
348 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KGLD 292053
SVRGLD
KSC063-109-179-193-292200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0120.080529T2054Z-080529T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
354 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  EASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
  NORTHWESTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONUMENT...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 42 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OAKLEY AND MINGO AROUND 400 PM CDT...
  ANGELUS...GRINNELL AND HALFORD AROUND 410 PM CDT...
  MENLO AROUND 420 PM CDT...
  SEGUIN AND REXFORD AROUND 425 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 56 AND 85.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA.

LAT...LON 3955 10073 3918 10030 3903 10098 3924 10116
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 233DEG 37KT 3913 10092

$$

FOLTZ
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 292108
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
308 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

KSC063-109-179-193-292200-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-080529T2200Z/
THOMAS KS-SHERIDAN KS-LOGAN KS-GOVE KS-
408 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GOVE...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LOGAN...SOUTHWESTERN
SHERIDAN AND SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTIES...

AT 405 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR ANGELUS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 46 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MENLO AROUND 415 PM CDT...
  SEGUIN AROUND 420 PM CDT...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND 85.

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 3918 10030 3907 10079 3926 10095 3949 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 241DEG 40KT 3922 10073

$$

FOLTZ
000 
WWUS53 KGLD 292138
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
338 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

KSC063-109-179-193-292200-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0120.000000T0000Z-080529T2200Z/
THOMAS KS-SHERIDAN KS-LOGAN KS-GOVE KS-
438 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GOVE...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LOGAN...SOUTHWESTERN
SHERIDAN AND SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTIES...

AT 433 PM CDT...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 10 MILES EAST OF SEGUIN...OR NEAR HOXIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
46 MPH.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND 85.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3918 10030 3907 10079 3926 10095 3949 10066
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 241DEG 40KT 3938 10035

$$

FOLTZ

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 29, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
145 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

.DISCUSSION...
145 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH/MOVE EAST AFTER 06Z WHICH WAS
HANDLED WELL IN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. STABLE POST-FRONTAL
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRI-SAT WITH MORE UNCERTAINTY ON SUNDAY AS
WARM FRONT MIXES NORTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. WILL LEAVE
SOME LOW POPS ON SUNDAY.

DAYS 4 THROUGH 7...AT THE START OF THE PERIOD (MON-TUE)...THE
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL BE ANCHORED OVER NORTHERN MEXICO/DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS WHILE A STATIONARY FRONT WILL BE MEANDERING ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS STATES. THIS LEADS TO A LOW CONFIDENCE POP/TEMPERATURE
FORECAST. WILL LEAN COOLER GIVEN UNCERTAINTY IN FRONTAL POSITION
WHILE KEEPING LOW POPS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THE GFS ALLOWS FRONT
TO MIX NORTH ON TUESDAY WHILE THE ECMWF SUGGESTS THE FRONTAL ZONE WILL
REMAIN DRAPED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. BY WED-THU...DESCENT
AGREEMENT BETWEEN GFS/ECMWF WITH A LONG WAVE TROUGH DEVELOPING
ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES KEEPING A SEASONABLY COOL AND UNSETTLED
PATTERN ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS.

&&
.AVIATION...
1110 AM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

FOR THE 18Z TAFS...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE AREA
UNTIL 00Z WHEN SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP. KMCK
AREA SEEMS TO BE THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOP...WITH POTENTIALLY SEVERE WX IMPACT TAF SITE BTWN 20-02Z.
COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE ACROSS AREA AFTER 06Z...WITH HIGH MOISTURE
VALUES BEHIND THE FRONT MAY SEE SOME LOW STRATUS BUT PROBABILITIES
TO LOW TO INCLUDE IN TAF AT THIS POINT.

MARTIN
&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
     TONIGHT FOR KSZ002>004-015-016-029.

NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
     TONIGHT FOR NEZ080-081.

CO...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ252>254.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 11:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1044 AM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-301545-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1044 AM MDT THU MAY 29 2008 /1144 AM CDT THU MAY 29 2008/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK LIKELY TODAY...

A DRY LINE WILL MOVE OVER EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. THE AIR
MASS EAST OF THE FEATURE WILL BE MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE... AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 1 PM MDT /2 PM CDT/. ALTHOUGH THE
THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL INCREASE ALONG AND EAST OF
BENKELMAN TO TRIBUNE LINE.

VERY LARGE HAIL...POSSIBLY LARGER GOLFBALLS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
ANY AREA EAST OF THE DRYLINE...BUT THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR
TORNADOES WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF A MCCOOK TO LEOTI LINE.

SOME STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...DECATUR...NORTON...
GRAHAM...RAWLINS...HITCHCOCK...GOVE...SHERIDAN AND RED WILLOW.

SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON
ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AREA TODAY. AS THE AIR MASS DRIES OVER
EASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP
RAPIDLY CREATING CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS. BURNING IS NOT
RECOMMENDED TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE NEXT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SUNDAY. ANOTHER CHANCE
OF STORMS WILL OCCUR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THESE STORMS
WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

JRM

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
115 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

KSZ001-002-NEZ079-080-291945-
CHEYENNE-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RAWLINS-
215 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ALERT FOR RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...CHEYENNE
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND
HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 210 PM CDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 8
MILES NORTH OF BIRD CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

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

THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 34 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 25 AND 58.

JRM
Local storm report, May 29, 2:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
134 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0134 PM     HAIL             STRATTON NE             40.15N 101.23W
05/29/2008  E0.88 INCH       HITCHCOCK          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

FOLTZ
Local storm report, May 29, 2:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
143 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0142 PM     HAIL             10 NW CULBERTSON        40.33N 100.97W
05/29/2008  E0.88 INCH       HITCHCOCK          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

FOLTZ
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 4:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan17 hr
May 29, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins56 min
May 29, 2:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita49 min
May 29, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Thomas51 min
May 29, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas39 min
May 29, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita48 min
May 29, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins42 min
May 29, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan52 min
May 29, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur32 min
May 29, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas, Wallace49 min
May 29, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan28 min
May 29, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan42 min
May 29, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas52 min
May 29, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham, Norton37 min
May 29, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan, Thomas45 min
May 29, 5:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDSheridan3 hr
May 29, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan36 min
May 29, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan33 min
May 29, 5:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham7 hr
May 29, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan40 min
May 29, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan51 min
May 29, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham30 min
May 29, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas, Wallace54 min

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.