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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Goodland, KS

July 23, 2015Red Willow County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2015, 10:23 PM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 44 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: Jul 23, 2015, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2015, 11:07 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 23, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1911 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 6.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

093 
WUUS53 KGLD 240323
SVRGLD
NEC145-240430-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0252.150724T0323Z-150724T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1023 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1022 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF BARTLEY TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  MCCOOK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

  HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
           WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INDIANOLA...BARTLEY...DANBURY AND LEBANON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4001 10019 4000 10058 4014 10070 4027 10043
      4028 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 300DEG 11KT 4019 10034 4013 10055 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LUNDQUIST

3 follow-up statements

203 
WWUS53 KGLD 240340
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1040 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2015

NEC145-240430-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150724T0430Z/
RED WILLOW NE-
1040 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY...

AT 1040 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF LEBANON TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DANBURY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DANBURY AND LEBANON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4001 10019 4000 10058 4011 10063 4022 10043
      4022 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 329DEG 14KT 4010 10030 4009 10051 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

LUNDQUIST

991 
WWUS53 KGLD 240352
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1052 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2015

NEC145-240430-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150724T0430Z/
RED WILLOW NE-
1052 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY...

AT 1052 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR LEBANON TO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF DANBURY...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DANBURY AND LEBANON. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4000 10056 4007 10059 4017 10045 4018 10019
      4001 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 270DEG 11KT 4009 10026 4008 10047 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

LUNDQUIST

520 
WWUS53 KGLD 240407
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1107 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2015

NEC145-240417-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150724T0430Z/
RED WILLOW NE-
1107 PM CDT THU JUL 23 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RED WILLOW COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4000 10056 4007 10059 4017 10045 4018 10019
      4001 10019
TIME...MOT...LOC 0405Z 300DEG 11KT 4007 10021 4006 10042 

$$

LUNDQUIST

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 7:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	26 min
Jul 23, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	57 min
Jul 23, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	62 min
Jul 23, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	54 min
Jul 23, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Red Willow	36 min
Jul 23, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	17 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.