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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Goodland, KS

April 22, 2010Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2010, 2:41 AM MDT for Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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
Apr 22, 2010, 2:41 AM MDT (08:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2010, 3:45 AM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Sherman County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2010-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 580 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2010-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
580 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
4.5

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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 Apr 22, 2:16 AM MDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 2:16 AM MDT, 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 10:37 AM MDT, 16 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1037 AM MDT WED APR 21 2010

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-221245-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1037 AM MDT WED APR 21 2010 /1137 AM CDT WED APR 21 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD
ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. LIMITED INSTABILITY ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP
THUNDERSTORMS FROM BECOMING SEVERE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. AS
THUNDERSTORM CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...THE THREAT FOR LARGE
HAIL WILL INCREASE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. AT THIS TIME...THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND
VERY LARGE HAIL.

ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FROM FRIDAY
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BECOME SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 22, 1:46 AM MDT, 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 1:41 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace64 min
Apr 22, 3:30 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace60 min
Apr 22, 1:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita44 min
Apr 22, 1:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita16 min
Apr 22, 1:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace, Wichita29 min
Apr 22, 2:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley40 min
Apr 22, 2:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley18 min
Apr 22, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace34 min
Apr 22, 3:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace14 min
Apr 22, 5:53 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWichita29 min
Apr 22, 1:02 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne43 min
Apr 22, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne49 min
Apr 22, 4:10 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne35 min
Apr 22, 4:11 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne34 min
Apr 22, 4:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson37 min
Apr 22, 4:39 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson18 min
Apr 22, 4:43 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne32 min
Apr 22, 5:08 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson37 min
Apr 22, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson26 min
Apr 22, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma34 min
Apr 22, 5:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma3 hr
Apr 22, 5:42 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson33 min
Apr 22, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson28 min
Apr 22, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson26 min
Apr 22, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.