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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Goodland, KS

July 10, 2014Decatur County, Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2014, 12:52 AM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 34 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 10, 2014, 12:52 AM CDT (05:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2014, 1:26 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Decatur County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 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 9, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 10, 12:52 AM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 12:52 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 6:52 PM CDT, 6 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
552 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2014

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-101315-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
552 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2014 /652 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. SOME STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH
LARGE HAIL UP TO TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO
70 MPH POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS PERIOD IS
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1045 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2014

NEZ080-100500-
HITCHCOCK-
1145 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...

AT 1140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRENTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4015 10075 4001 10076 4001 10102 4023 10113
      4030 10088
TIME...MOT...LOC 0445Z 320DEG 28KT 4018 10091

ROBINSON
Special weather statement, Jul 9, 11:55 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1055 PM MDT WED JUL 9 2014

KSZ015-029-100530-
GOVE-SHERIDAN-
1155 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2014

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

AT 1154 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3899 10019 3919 10048 3938 10038 3936 10016
      3914 10017 3913 10015 3910 10015 3897 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0455Z 308DEG 11KT 3922 10037

ROBINSON
Local storm report, Jul 10, 12:27 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman57 min
Jul 9, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace53 min
Jul 9, 10:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley, Wallace, Wichita58 min
Jul 9, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley, Wichita32 min
Jul 9, 11:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan35 min
Jul 10, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins58 min
Jul 10, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan61 min
Jul 10, 1:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Norton67 min
Jul 9, 7:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma29 min
Jul 9, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma46 min
Jul 9, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson, Yuma41 min
Jul 9, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne30 min
Jul 9, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson57 min
Jul 9, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow60 min
Jul 9, 11:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock15 min
Jul 10, 1:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow47 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska, 2014Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2014Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.