Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2011, 5:33 PM CDT for Gove County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 15, 2011, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Gove County, KS, Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 5:52 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Wsw Grinnell, KS | ESTIMATED 0.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 10 MINUTES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 19 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2525 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
022 WUUS53 KGLD 152233 SVRGLD KSC063-179-152300- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0209.110715T2233Z-110715T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 533 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS... SOUTH CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF GOVE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GRINNELL AND GRAINFIELD. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 97. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 3930 10060 3921 10034 3889 10056 3897 10077 TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 206DEG 19KT 3902 10062 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ THEDE
2 follow-up statements
037 WWUS53 KGLD 152246 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 446 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011 KSC063-179-152300- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-110715T2300Z/ SHERIDAN KS-GOVE KS- 546 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL GOVE AND SOUTH CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT... AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF GRINNELL...AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GRAINFIELD AND GRINNELL. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 97. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND. && LAT...LON 3930 10060 3921 10034 3889 10056 3897 10077 TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 182DEG 16KT 3908 10066 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ THEDE
955 WWUS53 KGLD 152257 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 457 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011 KSC063-179-152307- /O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-110715T2300Z/ SHERIDAN KS-GOVE KS- 557 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL GOVE AND SOUTH CENTRAL SHERIDAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM MDT/600 PM CDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND. LAT...LON 3930 10060 3921 10034 3889 10056 3897 10077 TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 182DEG 16KT 3913 10066 $$ THEDE
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 15, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
200 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
.SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT - MONDAY)
200 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
AT 19Z VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWING CU FIELD DEVELOPING ACROSS
SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS WHERE CAP HAS BEEN BROKEN WITH
INTENSE SURFACE HEATING. SINCE THE FORECAST AREA IS STILL ON THE
NORTHWEST PERIMETER OF THE LARGE ANTICYCLONE CENTERED NEAR
TULSA...CANT DISCOUNT A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH RIDING THE RIDGE OUT
OF COLORADO AIDING IN SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT. THERE IS ALSO A WEAK
SURFACE TROUGH/CONVERGENCE LINE FROM MCCOOK TO CHEYENNE WELLS...WITH
ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS ACTUALLY KEEPING TEMPERATURES A BIT
COOLER IN THOSE AREAS. DESPITE VERY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA...PROXIMITY TO THE RIDGE IS
RESULTING IN -20C HEIGHTS NEAR 40KFT. WITHOUT STRONGER FORCING IT
WILL BE TOUGH TO GENERATE LARGE HAIL IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
NONETHELESS...CANNOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED STRONGER STORM THIS
EVENING WITH GUSTY WINDS AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL. SIMILAR TO
LAST NIGHT...30-40KT LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS AFTER 06Z WITH
ACCOMPANYING WAA/LIFT...SO A FEW ISOLATED STORMS WILL PROBABLY
LINGER INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
DURING THE PERIOD SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER
RIDGE WILL SLIDE WEST AND BE CENTERED NEAR THE FORECAST AREA. WARM
TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND SUBSIDENCE NEAR THE RIDGE WILL SUPPRESS MOST
IF NOT ALL AFTERNOON CONVECTION AND SO HAVE LEFT THOSE DAYS DRY.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 100-105 RANGE EACH DAY WITH HIGHEST
TEMPERATURES IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES. HEAT WATCH LOOKS APPROPRIATE
SO NO CHANGES MADE TO THOSE HEADLINES ATTM.
.LONG TERM... (TUESDAY - FRIDAY)
200 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
UPPER RIDGE WILL BE IN CONTROL TO START THE PERIOD WITH CONTINUED
HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS. HOWEVER...THE RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT
EAST WITH TIME WHICH WILL REINTRODUCE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TO THE
FORECAST. AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY THE RIDGE AXIS WILL BE OVER MISSOURI
WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE ROCKIES. THAT PATTERN FAVORS
AFTERNOON CONVECTION DEVELOPING NEAR THE FRONT RANGE AND THEN MOVING
INTO THE PLAINS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL
ALSO SLOWLY MODERATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THOUGH STILL ABOVE
NORMAL.
024
&&
.AVIATION...
110 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011
KEPT FORECAST FOR MCK AND GLD VFR THROUGH THE REST OF TODAY
THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH A MENTION OF CB DUE TO ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AREA MAINLY BETWEEN 22Z-07Z
LOCKHART
&&
.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR KSZ003-004-015-016.
NE...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR NEZ080-081.
CO...NONE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 11:54 AM CDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1054 AM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-161645- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1054 AM MDT FRI JUL 15 2011 /1154 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE EVENING. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOT TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES IN EXCESS OF 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED...WITH AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES APPROACHING 105. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...EAST OF A TRENTON TO HOXIE LINE. HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL ALSO INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TRI STATE AREA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THOSE WITH OUTDOOR BURNING PLANS THIS WEEKEND SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 5:18 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
518 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011
KSZ029-152245-
GOVE-
518 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF GOVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF AT LEAST ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.
&&
LAT...LON 3905 10029 3882 10064 3895 10080 3914 10058
3913 10040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 226DEG 18KT 3895 10063
THEDEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:27 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Watch | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 24 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 27 min |
| Jul 15, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 24 min |
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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.