Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 27, 2013, 6:17 PM MDT for Sherman County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 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
- Sep 27, 2013, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2013, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 6:23 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | 12 N Edson, KS | BLOWING DUST REDUCED VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE. THIS OCCURRED AS THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PASSED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
307
WUUS53 KGLD 280017
SVRGLD
KSC181-193-280115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0310.130928T0017Z-130928T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
617 PM MDT FRI SEP 27 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
WESTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT/815 PM CDT/
* AT 613 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KANORADO...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BURLINGTON COLORADO
REPORTED NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST ON
INTERSTATE 70 NEAR THE COLORADO STATE LINE.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RULETON...GOODLAND...EDSON...BREWSTER AND LEVANT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 51.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 186.
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 3956 10111 3914 10111 3914 10190 3956 10188
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 255DEG 25KT 3935 10202
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
STASSER2 follow-up statements
854 WWUS53 KGLD 280036 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 636 PM MDT FRI SEP 27 2013 KSC181-193-280115- /O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-130928T0115Z/ THOMAS KS-SHERMAN KS- 636 PM MDT FRI SEP 27 2013 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SHERMAN AND WESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM MDT/815 PM CDT/... AT 631 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RULETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 60 MPH WIND AND 1/4 MILE VISBILITY IN BLOWING DUST 12 MILES NORTH OF EDSON. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RULETON...GOODLAND...EDSON...BREWSTER AND LEVANT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 51. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 158 AND 186. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING IN AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DIRT. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY. && LAT...LON 3956 10111 3914 10111 3914 10190 3956 10188 TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 265DEG 17KT 3938 10193 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ STASSER
542 WWUS53 KGLD 280049 SVSGLD SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 649 PM MDT FRI SEP 27 2013 KSC181-193-280059- /O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-130928T0115Z/ THOMAS KS-SHERMAN KS- 649 PM MDT FRI SEP 27 2013 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERMAN AND WESTERN THOMAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3956 10111 3914 10111 3914 10190 3956 10188 TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 265DEG 49KT 3937 10172 $$ STASSER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 6:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 35 min |
| Sep 27, 7:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.