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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 2010Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2010, 12:45 PM MDT for Sherman County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 30 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
May 24, 2010, 12:45 PM MDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2010, 1:15 PM MDT
In force
30 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 18:44 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
May 24, 10:46 AM MDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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 12:00Z on 2010-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2010-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4352 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 24, 12:20 PM MDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 12:20 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1220 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

.DISCUSSION...
1215 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

AT 1815Z DRYLINE JUST PUSHING THROUGH KLIC AND KLHX WITH STORMS
GOING UP ALONG THE CO/KS BORDER. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FIRE
GENERALLY EAST OF WHERE THEY DID YESTERDAY AS DRYLINE CONTINUES TO
MOVE INTO THE AREA. AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT MOST OF THE
CONVECTION SHOULD BE ACROSS THE FAR EAST/SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE
AREA OR JUST OUT OF THE AREA.

WEATHER PATTERN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS SHOWS UPPER RIDGING
ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY WITH A LARGE UPPER TROUGH OVER
THE WEST. THIS PATTERN WONT CHANGE MUCH TIL PERHAPS SATURDAY WHEN
THE WEST COAST TROUGH LIFTS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS...FLATTENING
THE RIDGE A BIT.

AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED THE PAST FEW DAYS...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST TOMORROW AND TOMORROW
NIGHT CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. A BRIEF LULL TIL THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS THE WEST
CLOSER TO INSTABILITY...MOISTURE AND UPPER TROUGH.

99
&&

.AVIATION...
1122 AM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

FOR THE 18Z TAF...PRIMARY AVIATION CONCERN THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD
WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE CONVECTION WHICH COULD IMPACT BOTH
TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT
CONVECTION JUST SOUTH OF KGLD HAVE RAPIDLY DIMINISHED DUE TO
STRONG SHEAR OVERPOWERING THE STORM. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 30
TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH BOTH TERMINALS TONIGHT
WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST. WINDS BECOME EASTERLY AFTER
15Z TOMORROW.

FOLTZ

99
&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
     KSZ001-013.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
     KSZ002>004-014>016-027>029-041-042.

NE...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
     NEZ079-080.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NEZ081.

CO...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ090>092.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 10:45 AM MDT, 2 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1045 AM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-251230-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1045 AM MDT MON MAY 24 2010 /1145 AM CDT MON MAY 24 2010/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHEAST
COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST KANSAS BY LATE THIS MORNING. AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES...THESE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE TRI-STATE
REGION. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS
BUT TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. OF COURSE
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING OCCURS WITH EVERY THUNDERSTORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 11:51 AM MDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1151 AM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

1148 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST FLAGLER                 39.29N 103.07W
05/24/2010  M59 MPH          KIT CARSON         CO   MESONET

&&

DTHEDE
Local storm report, May 24, 11:52 AM MDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1152 AM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

1150 AM     HAIL             6 SE ARAPAHOE           38.79N 102.09W
05/24/2010  E1.25 INCH       CHEYENNE           CO   PUBLIC

&&

MENTZER
Local storm report, May 24, 11:58 AM MDT, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1158 AM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

1152 AM     HAIL             2 WSW WESKAN            38.85N 101.99W
05/24/2010  E2.00 INCH       WALLACE            KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HAIL BROKE A TRACTOR WINDSHIELD

&&

MENTZER
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas62 min
May 23, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace59 min
May 23, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas64 min
May 23, 6:33 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDLogan, Wallace, Wichita26 min
May 23, 6:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur44 min
May 23, 6:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace27 min
May 23, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman65 min
May 23, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins34 min
May 23, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan15 min
May 23, 7:07 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman, Thomas20 min
May 23, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas11 min
May 23, 7:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne56 min
May 23, 7:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDSherman3 hr
May 23, 7:46 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman44 min
May 23, 8:04 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman23 min
May 23, 8:17 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman58 min
May 23, 8:20 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne55 min
May 23, 8:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne6 hr
May 23, 8:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace14 min
May 23, 8:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins54 min
May 23, 8:51 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDWallace24 min
May 23, 9:07 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins38 min
May 23, 9:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace51 min
May 23, 9:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace12 min
May 23, 9:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita32 min
May 23, 9:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas39 min
May 23, 10:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Thomas, Wallace, Wichita33 min
May 23, 10:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins4 min
May 23, 10:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins39 min
May 23, 10:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins27 min
May 23, 11:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wichita34 min
May 24, 10:28 AM MDTHigh Wind WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman7 hr
May 24, 11:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace46 min
May 24, 11:48 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley27 min
May 24, 12:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace43 min
May 24, 12:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita38 min
May 24, 12:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman26 min
May 24, 12:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita13 min
May 24, 1:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace29 min
May 24, 1:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman15 min
May 24, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins39 min
May 24, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins63 min
May 24, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas60 min
May 24, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins64 min
May 23, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson19 min

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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.