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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Goodland, KS

July 20, 2009Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2009, 8:57 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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 20, 2009, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2009, 9:31 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 20, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 20, 8:18 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
718 PM MDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

0707 PM     HAIL             7 S EDSON               39.23N 101.54W
07/20/2009  E1.00 INCH       SHERMAN            KS   PUBLIC

&&

HENDERSON

Local storm report, Jul 20, 8:30 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 8:31 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
731 PM MDT MON JUL 20 2009

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

0730 PM     HAIL             SW LEOTI                38.48N 101.36W
07/20/2009  E1.75 INCH       WICHITA            KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOFLBALL HAIL ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN.

&&

HENDERSON

Local storm report, Jul 20, 8:33 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 8:50 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 20, 8:55 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	56 min
Jul 20, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	67 min
Jul 20, 7:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace	43 min
Jul 20, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace, Wichita	66 min
Jul 20, 8:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	41 min
Jul 20, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Sherman, Wallace	34 min
Jul 20, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace, Wichita	28 min
Jul 20, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	22 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.