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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Goodland, KS

July 12, 2009Gove County, Logan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2009, 9:47 PM CDT for Gove County, Logan County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 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
Jul 12, 2009, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2009, 10:14 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

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 02:49 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 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 00:00Z on 2009-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1114 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 00:00Z on 2009-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 Jul 12, 6:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 6:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
512 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009

.DISCUSSION...
135 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009

ACTIVE WEATHER LOOKS TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AS ANOTHER ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN COLORADO AND MOVE EAST
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OFF THE FRONT RANGE. ONE MAIN CONCERN
LOOKS TO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN. OVER
THE PAST FEW EVENINGS...AROUND 1.75-2.00 OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN
REPORTED EACH NIGHT OVER CHEYENNE COUNTY CO WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
ELSEWHERE. WILL HAVE TO WATCH AGAIN TONIGHT FOR FLASH FLOODING AS
PWATS AT 00Z ARE AROUND 1.51 --OVER 150 PERCENT OF NORMAL.

GFS/NAM HAVE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS WHERE THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR. GFS KEEPS PRECIP ALONG AND NORTH OF I-70 WHILE
THE NAM PULLS IT SOUTH ALONG THE CO/KS BORDER. WILL CONTINUE MONITOR
CI AND STORM MOTION AS WELL AS NEWEST MODEL RUNS TO GET A HANDLE
WHERE HIGHEST PRECIP AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR AND MAKE FURTHER
ADJUSTMENTS.

MONDAY LOOKS TO BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE FORECAST PERIOD AS
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM INTO THE MIDDLE UPPER 90S.
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY QUASI-ZONAL FLOW DAMPENS THE SURFACE
HIGH AND NORTHWEST FLOW BRINGS RELIEF TO THE HIGH PLAINS.

PREVIOUS FORECAST DESIGNED THE EXTENDED FORECAST WELL WITH A
SERIES OF COLD FRONTS PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA GIVING WAY TO
COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS.
EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 80S/LOWER 90S WITH
LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK.

BURTIS
&&

.AVIATION...
512 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009

FOR THE 00Z TAF...KGLD RADAR GETTING RETURNS ON THUNDERSTORMS IN
EASTERN COLORADO AT THIS TIME MOVING EAST. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO
MOVE INTO KGLD AND KMCK BEFORE 03Z. AFTER STORMS MOVE PAST SOME
STRATUS AND LIGHT FOG SHOULD DEVELOP OVER KMCK. OTHERWISE MID
LEVEL CLOUDS WILL PREVAIL GRADUALLY DECREASING TOWARD SUNRISE.
SINCE THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST EXPECT ANOTHER ROUND OF
STORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING.

FS
&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
NE...NONE.
CO...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 11:46 AM CDT, 10 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1046 AM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-131215-
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 SUN JUL 12 2009 /1146 AM CDT SUN JUL 12 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON IN
EASTERN COLORADO MOVING EAST INTO WESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
THE GREATEST THREAT SHOULD REMAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 40.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 12, 8:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
713 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009

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

0707 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 S BURLINGTON          39.25N 102.27W
07/12/2009  M61 MPH          KIT CARSON         CO   ASOS

&&

HENDERSON
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 8:53 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
753 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009

KSZ014-130245-
THOMAS-
853 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 850 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BREWSTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS
STORM WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT BREWSTER AND COLBY.

THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

MENTZER
Local storm report, Jul 12, 8:58 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
758 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009

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

0508 PM     HAIL             13 SW JOES              39.49N 102.82W
07/12/2009  M2.00 INCH       KIT CARSON         CO   CO-OP OBSERVER

0510 PM     HAIL             15 N SEIBERT            39.52N 102.87W
07/12/2009  E2.00 INCH       KIT CARSON         CO   PUBLIC

0530 PM     HAIL             13 SW JOES              39.52N 102.85W
07/12/2009  M2.50 INCH       KIT CARSON         CO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CARS DENTED AND DAMAGED SHINGLES

0538 PM     HAIL             1 W YUMA                40.12N 102.74W
07/12/2009  E1.00 INCH       YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0619 PM     TSTM WND GST     9 NNE KIT CARSON        38.88N 102.73W
07/12/2009  M67.00 MPH       CHEYENNE           CO   CO-OP OBSERVER

0631 PM     HAIL             ECKLEY                  40.11N 102.49W
07/12/2009  E1.50 INCH       YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0640 PM     TSTM WND GST     CHEYENNE WELLS          38.82N 102.35W
07/12/2009  E60.00 MPH       CHEYENNE           CO   NWS EMPLOYEE

            BLOWING DUST REPORTED VISIBILITY 2 MILES AND AT TIMES
            HALF A MILE.

0655 PM     HAIL             4 W CLARKVILLE          40.38N 102.70W
07/12/2009  E0.88 INCH       YUMA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

0707 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 S BURLINGTON          39.25N 102.27W
07/12/2009  M61.00 MPH       KIT CARSON         CO   ASOS

&&

HENDERSON
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:03 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
803 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009

KSZ027-028-130230-
LOGAN-WALLACE-
903 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2009

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

AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACROSS EASTERN WALLACE AND WESTERN LOGAN
COUNTIES. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND WINDS TO 50
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

MENTZER
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:15 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
815 PM MDT SUN JUL 12 2009

KSZ001-130245-
CHEYENNE-
915 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2009

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

AT 914 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ST. FRANCIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN
WILL OCCUR WITH THIS STORM.

MENTZER
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:36 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman67 min
Jul 12, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson47 min
Jul 12, 7:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne43 min
Jul 12, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma62 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.