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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Goodland, KS

August 23, 2014Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2014, 8:46 PM MDT for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 21 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 23, 2014, 8:46 PM MDT (02:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2014, 9:07 PM MDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 495 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
495 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

924 
WUUS53 KGLD 240246
SVRGLD
NEC057-087-240330-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0310.140824T0246Z-140824T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
846 PM MDT SAT AUG 23 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...
  NORTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT/1030 PM CDT/

* AT 846 PM MDT /946 PM CDT/...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES NORTH OF MAX...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK AND NORTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4035 10125 4014 10146 4030 10157 4035 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 240DEG 24KT 4026 10143 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH

$$

JN
1 follow-up statement
920 
WWUS53 KGLD 240307
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
907 PM MDT SAT AUG 23 2014

NEC057-087-240317-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-140824T0330Z/
HITCHCOCK NE-DUNDY NE-
907 PM MDT SAT AUG 23 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK AND
NORTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4035 10125 4014 10146 4030 10157 4035 10144
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 240DEG 24KT 4033 10127 

$$

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy45 min
Aug 23, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.