Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2012, 8:21 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 30, 2012, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2012, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
700 WUUS53 KGLD 010121 SVRGLD KSC023-181-010200- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0166.121001T0121Z-121001T0200Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 721 PM MDT SUN SEP 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS... * UNTIL 800 PM MDT/900 PM CDT/ * AT 718 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF WHEELER...AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EDSON...GOODLAND AND RULETON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5 AND 34. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 195. 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. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING IN AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DIRT. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY. && LAT...LON 3915 10140 3914 10200 3969 10192 3969 10142 TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 019DEG 26KT 3954 10168 WIND...HAIL 70MPH <1.00IN $$ 024
2 follow-up statements
663 WWUS53 KGLD 010140 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 740 PM MDT SUN SEP 30 2012 KSC023-181-010200- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-121001T0200Z/ SHERMAN KS-CHEYENNE KS- 740 PM MDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN CHEYENNE AND SHERMAN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT/900 PM CDT/... AT 737 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOODLAND...AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EDSON...GOODLAND AND RULETON. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 34. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 194. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING IN AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DIRT. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY. && LAT...LON 3915 10140 3914 10200 3969 10192 3969 10142 TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 019DEG 26KT 3943 10162 WIND...HAIL 70MPH <1.00IN $$ 024
557 WWUS53 KGLD 010158 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 758 PM MDT SUN SEP 30 2012 KSC023-181-010208- /O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-121001T0200Z/ SHERMAN KS-CHEYENNE KS- 758 PM MDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHEYENNE AND SHERMAN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM MDT/900 PM CDT/... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY...HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3915 10140 3914 10200 3969 10192 3969 10142 TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 019DEG 26KT 3931 10167 $$ 024
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 34 min |
| Sep 30, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.