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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Goodland, KS

July 3, 20094 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2009, 6:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 46 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 3, 2009, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2009, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 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.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 3, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 11:56 AM CDT, 6 hours 33 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
426 PM MDT FRI JUL 03 2009

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

0420 PM     HAIL             OAKLEY                  39.13N 100.85W
07/03/2009  E1.00 INCH       LOGAN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM REPORTS 1-INCH HAIL CURRENTLY FALLING

&&

GJG
Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:43 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
443 PM MDT FRI JUL 03 2009

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

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W GOVE                38.96N 100.55W
07/03/2009                   GOVE               KS   PUBLIC

            REPORT OF STRONG WINDS WHICH BLEW DOWN TREE LIMBS
            12-INCHES IN DIAMETER

&&

GJG
Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:50 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
450 PM MDT FRI JUL 03 2009

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

0444 PM     TSTM WND GST     HILL CITY               39.37N 99.85W
07/03/2009  M71.00 MPH       GRAHAM             KS   ASOS

            HILL CITY ASOS MEASURED 71MPH GUST.

&&

GJG
Local storm report, Jul 3, 5:59 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:01 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
501 PM MDT FRI JUL 03 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
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0425 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OAKLEY                  39.13N 100.85W
07/03/2009                   LOGAN              KS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            3 INCH LIVE TREE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN, A COUPLE OF STOP SIGNS
            BLOWN DOWN

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan48 min
Jul 3, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas45 min
Jul 3, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham31 min
Jul 3, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace54 min
Jul 3, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace45 min
Jul 3, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.