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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Goodland, KS

May 24, 2010Rawlins County, Kansas; Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2010, 5:57 PM CDT for Rawlins County, Kansas; Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 63 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, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Rawlins County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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.

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 24, 11:46 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 342 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.1
Supercell composite: 12.7

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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, 1:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 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, 11:45 AM CDT, 6 hours 12 minutes 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, 2:57 PM CDT, 3 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
157 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0130 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 4 S BURLINGTON          39.25N 102.27W
05/24/2010  M63 MPH          KIT CARSON         CO   ASOS

&&

DTHEDE

Local storm report, May 24, 3:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 24, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
247 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0238 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 6 SE BEECHER ISLAND     39.82N 102.05W
05/24/2010  M62 MPH          YUMA               CO   MESONET

&&

DTHEDE

Local storm report, May 24, 4:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
315 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0130 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG OBERLIN                 39.82N 100.53W
05/24/2010                   DECATUR            KS   PUBLIC

            12-14 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMB BLOWN DOWN ONTO POWER
            LINES, CAUSING POWER TO BE LOST

&&

JMARTIN

Local storm report, May 24, 5:19 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
419 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0411 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST ATWOOD                  39.81N 101.04W
05/24/2010  M55 MPH          RAWLINS            KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MEASURED BY KSN WEATHERLAB SITE IN ATWOOD.

&&

JMARTIN

Local storm report, May 24, 5:45 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
445 PM MDT MON MAY 24 2010

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

0428 PM     HAIL             9 S STRATTON NE         40.02N 101.26W
05/24/2010  M1.00 INCH       HITCHCOCK          NE   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MWM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas	62 min
May 23, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	59 min
May 23, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Thomas	64 min
May 23, 7:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace, Wichita	26 min
May 23, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur	44 min
May 23, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	27 min
May 23, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	65 min
May 23, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	34 min
May 23, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	15 min
May 23, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	20 min
May 23, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	11 min
May 23, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	56 min
May 23, 8:41 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Sherman	3 hr
May 23, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sherman	44 min
May 23, 9:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	23 min
May 23, 9:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	58 min
May 23, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	55 min
May 23, 9:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	6 hr
May 23, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	14 min
May 23, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	54 min
May 23, 9:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Wallace	24 min
May 23, 10:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	38 min
May 23, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	51 min
May 23, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	12 min
May 23, 10:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	32 min
May 23, 10:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas	39 min
May 23, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Thomas, Wallace, Wichita	33 min
May 23, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	4 min
May 23, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	39 min
May 23, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	27 min
May 24, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wichita	34 min
May 24, 11:28 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	7 hr
May 24, 12:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	46 min
May 24, 12:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	27 min
May 24, 1:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	43 min
May 24, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	38 min
May 24, 1:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	26 min
May 24, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	30 min
May 24, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	13 min
May 24, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	29 min
May 24, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	15 min
May 24, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	39 min
May 24, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Thomas	60 min
May 24, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	64 min
May 23, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Kit Carson	19 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2010 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2010 Every 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.