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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 257, NWS Goodland, KS

July 31, 2013Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2013, 2:05 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 31, 2013, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2013, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 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
Jul 31, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2013-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 259 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2013-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-21 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 Jul 31, 1:52 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 1:52 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 12:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1152 AM MDT WED JUL 31 2013

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-011230-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1152 AM MDT WED JUL 31 2013 /1252 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT
THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MCCOOK
NEBRASKA TO BURLINGTON COLORADO. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE COLD FRONT
LINGERING OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. SOME STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE
MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS REGION EACH DAY FROM THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE BEST
CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS WEEK WILL BE ON THURSDAY WHEN A
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM EVENT IS FORECAST. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

DR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 10:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 1:47 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
147 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013

KSZ029-311915-
GOVE-
147 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

AT 144 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE MONUMENT ROCKS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

&&

LAT...LON 3870 10082 3892 10081 3893 10068 3891 10067
      3870 10062
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 326DEG 7KT 3883 10078

ROBINSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins14 min
Jul 31, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins58 min
Jul 31, 3:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas19 min
Jul 31, 3:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan16 min
Jul 31, 3:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan12 min
Jul 31, 10:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton29 min
Jul 31, 1:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove28 min
Jul 31, 4:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley26 min
Jul 31, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wichita30 min
Jul 31, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan25 min
Jul 31, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan63 min
Jul 31, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan27 min
Jul 31, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley27 min
Jul 31, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas49 min
Jul 31, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley54 min
Jul 31, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock18 min
Jul 31, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock15 min
Jul 31, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock39 min
Jul 31, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock45 min
Jul 31, 2:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.