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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2014, 12:49 AM CDT for Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 56 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
- Aug 7, 2014, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2014, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 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.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 886 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1496 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
143
WUUS53 KGLD 070549
SVRGLD
KSC039-153-NEC087-145-070645-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0252.140807T0549Z-140807T0645Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1249 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...
HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 145 AM CDT
* AT 1247 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF STRATTON NE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TRENTON...CULBERTSON...MCCOOK...HERNDON...INDIANOLA...TRAER...CEDAR
BLUFFS...OBERLIN AND DANBURY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4017 10019 3976 10050 4008 10133 4035 10115
4035 10078
TIME...MOT...LOC 0549Z 301DEG 31KT 4020 10112
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BULLER2 follow-up statements
061
WWUS53 KGLD 070618
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1218 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2014
KSC039-153-NEC087-145-070645-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-140807T0645Z/
RAWLINS KS-DECATUR KS-HITCHCOCK NE-RED WILLOW NE-
118 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RED WILLOW...
HITCHCOCK...NORTHWESTERN DECATUR AND NORTHEASTERN RAWLINS COUNTIES
UNTIL 145 AM CDT...
AT 116 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTH OF
HERNDON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCCOOK...HERNDON...INDIANOLA...TRAER...CEDAR BLUFFS...DANBURY AND
OBERLIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
GOODLAND.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4035 10100 4035 10078 4017 10019 3976 10050
4004 10123
TIME...MOT...LOC 0618Z 302DEG 37KT 4005 10079
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BULLER786
WWUS53 KGLD 070644
SVSGLD
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1244 AM MDT THU AUG 7 2014
KSC039-153-NEC087-145-070654-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-140807T0645Z/
RAWLINS KS-DECATUR KS-HITCHCOCK NE-RED WILLOW NE-
144 AM CDT THU AUG 7 2014
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RED WILLOW...HITCHCOCK...
NORTHWESTERN DECATUR AND NORTHEASTERN RAWLINS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
1245 AM MDT/145 AM 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 AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN GOODLAND.
LAT...LON 4035 10100 4035 10078 4017 10019 3976 10050
4004 10123
TIME...MOT...LOC 0644Z 302DEG 37KT 3991 10049
$$
BULLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 1:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 1:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 57 min |
| Aug 7, 2:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 5:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 12:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 38 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.