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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2009, 12:06 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 54 min. 7 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 8, 2009, 12:06 AM CDT (05:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 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), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 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 8, 12:13 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | Oakley, KS | MEASURED AT OAKLEY AWOS |
| May 8, 12:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | Oakley, KS | MEASURED AT OAKLEY AWOS |
| May 8, 12:15 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | Oakley, KS | MEASURED AT OAKLEY AWOS |
| May 8, 12:16 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Oakley, KS | |
| May 8, 12:17 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | Oakley, KS | REPORTED FROM KSN WEATHER LAB. |
| May 8, 12:25 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 61 | Grinnell, KS | REPORTED BY KSN WEATHER LAB |
| May 8, 12:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Wsw Grinnell, KS | SIDING OFF HOUSE, TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 7, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -240 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KGLD 080506 SVRGLD KSC063-109-179-193-080600- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0021.090508T0506Z-090508T0600Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1206 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANGELUS... SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MINGO... NORTHWESTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...THE MONUMENT ROCKS...QUINTER... PARK...GRINNELL...GRAINFIELD...GOVE... NORTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OAKLEY...MONUMENT... * UNTIL 100 AM CDT * AT 1203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINGO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MONUMENT AROUND 1215 AM CDT... OAKLEY AROUND 1220 AM CDT... ANGELUS AROUND 1230 AM CDT... GRINNELL AROUND 1235 AM CDT... GRAINFIELD AND THE MONUMENT ROCKS AROUND 1250 AM CDT... GOVE AND PARK AROUND 1255 AM CDT... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 55 AND 85. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST THOMAS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 3906 10022 3872 10078 3917 10127 3937 10103 TIME...MOT...LOC 0505Z 306DEG 34KT 3921 10103 $$ MCGUIRE
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KGLD 080518 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1218 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009 KSC063-109-179-193-080600- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090508T0600Z/ THOMAS KS-SHERIDAN KS-LOGAN KS-GOVE KS- 1218 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN GOVE...NORTHEASTERN LOGAN...SOUTHWESTERN SHERIDAN AND SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTIES... AT 1217 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAKLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ANGELUS AROUND 1225 AM CDT... GRINNELL AROUND 1235 AM CDT... GRAINFIELD AND THE MONUMENT ROCKS AROUND 1245 AM CDT... GOVE AND PARK AROUND 1250 AM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AT 1215 PM CDT...67 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED NEAR OAKLEY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. && LAT...LON 3908 10109 3930 10086 3906 10022 3872 10078 TIME...MOT...LOC 0518Z 306DEG 34KT 3910 10087 $$ MCGUIRE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman, Thomas | 48 min |
| May 7, 11:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 61 min |
| May 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 44 min |
| May 8, 12:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 37 min |
| May 8, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 20 min |
| May 8, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita | 40 min |
| May 8, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 39 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.