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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Goodland, KS

May 29, 2013Cheyenne County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2013, 1:29 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 61 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 29, 2013, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2013, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cheyenne County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 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 29, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2013-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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 29, 12:47 PM CDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 12:47 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 1:26 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1226 PM MDT WED MAY 29 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-301500-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1226 PM MDT WED MAY 29 2013 /126 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. COVERAGE AND INTENSITY WILL
INCREASE AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND
A FEW TORNADOES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE THE ENTIRE AREA
IS AT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THE MOST LIKELY AREA WILL BE EAST
OF THE COLORADO BORDER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS MAY LEAD TO AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER OVER SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM FLAGLER TO SHARON SPRINGS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING.

JTL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 1:22 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1222 PM MDT WED MAY 29 2013

KSZ001-002-NEZ079-291845-
CHEYENNE-DUNDY-RAWLINS-
122 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...CHEYENNE
COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 120 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BIRD
CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND
BECOME SEVERE.

&&

LAT...LON 3967 10140 3970 10185 4011 10181 4014 10133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1822Z 191DEG 20KT 3982 10160

MENTZER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 9:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove32 min
May 28, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove29 min
May 29, 1:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne23 min
May 29, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins12 min
May 29, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas15 min
May 29, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins51 min
May 29, 2:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley12 min
May 29, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas14 min
May 29, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan53 min
May 29, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman55 min
May 29, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas56 min
May 29, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins25 min
May 29, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins54 min
May 29, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman53 min
May 29, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan34 min
May 29, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Wichita38 min
May 29, 4:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDLogan, Thomas5 hr
May 29, 4:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne24 min
May 29, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas63 min
May 29, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan61 min
May 29, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan25 min
May 29, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins62 min
May 29, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace51 min
May 29, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas36 min
May 29, 5:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRawlins3 hr
May 29, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace38 min
May 29, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne49 min
May 29, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas63 min
May 29, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace47 min
May 29, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Sheridan45 min
May 29, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita41 min
May 29, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWichita35 min
May 29, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDLogan46 min
May 29, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins47 min
May 29, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan56 min
May 29, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas63 min
May 29, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas30 min
May 29, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson59 min
May 29, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson38 min
May 29, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson52 min
May 29, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson47 min
May 29, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson42 min
May 29, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson29 min
May 29, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDKit Carson45 min
May 29, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson60 min
May 29, 4:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson61 min
May 29, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock53 min
May 29, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy43 min
May 29, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy47 min
May 29, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock45 min
May 29, 3:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock54 min
May 29, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy53 min
May 29, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDundy24 min
May 29, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow64 min
May 29, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow31 min
May 29, 4:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow3 hr

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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.