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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2009, 6:25 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas; Kit Carson County, Yuma County, Colorado. It was in force for 65 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 23, 2009, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2009, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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 23, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 23, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 4:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 958 AM MDT THU JUL 23 2009 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-241345- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 958 AM MDT THU JUL 23 2009 /1058 AM CDT THU JUL 23 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AGAIN TODAY. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE IN EASTERN COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE IN NORTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY DAILY CHANCES OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF THIS PERIOD. WHILE NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED...ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRESENT A THREAT OF HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT. KJ
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 23, 5:29 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Jul 23, 5:57 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
457 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0450 PM HAIL STRATTON 39.30N 102.60W
07/23/2009 E0.88 INCH KIT CARSON CO LAW ENFORCEMENT
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BLMLocal storm report, Jul 23, 5:58 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
458 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W YUMA 40.12N 102.74W
07/23/2009 M72 MPH YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
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BLMSpecial weather statement, Jul 23, 5:58 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 458 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009 COZ091-092-240000- CHEYENNE COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY- 458 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CHEYENNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... AT 458 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STRATTON...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE. THEDE
Local storm report, Jul 23, 6:14 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
514 PM MDT THU JUL 23 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0440 PM HAIL YUMA 40.12N 102.72W
07/23/2009 E0.88 INCH YUMA CO TRAINED SPOTTER
DOWNED TREE LIMBS UP TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER. 1.50 INCHES
OF RAIN WITHIN 20 MINUTES.
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BLMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 56 min |
| Jul 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 7:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 57 min |
| Jul 22, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 67 min |
| Jul 23, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 53 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2009Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2009Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.