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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 299, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2015, 3:36 PM CDT for Decatur County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 54 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
- Aug 4, 2015, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2015, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Decatur County, KS, Norton County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 Aug 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 230 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2015 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 228 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2015 ONGOING THUNDERSTORMS AND SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH 470 WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING WITH STORMS EXITING OVERNIGHT. THE FAR WESTERN PORTION OF THE FA WILL HAVE LOW CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. LATER TONIGHT BOUNDARY LAYER RH INCREASES TO ABOVE 90 PERCENT OVER A LARGE PART OF THE AREA. PLAN TO INTRODUCE PATCHY FOG LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MID MORNING WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE, SUBSIDENCE WILL PRODUCE DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE FA WEDNESDAY. MIN TEMPERATURES TONIGHT SHOULD RANGE FROM 60 TO 65. MAX TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY SHOULD RISE TO THE LOWER 90S. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 228 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2015 A FLATTENED RIDGE WILL RESIDE OVER THE ROCKIES AND PLAINS THROUGH FRIDAY. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL EXIST OVER EASTERN COLORADO WILL SHIFT EAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS BEHIND THE TROUGH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN COLORADO FRIDAY. SUBSIDENCE WILL AND LACK OF MOISTURE WILL PRODUCE DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE FA FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SOME LIFT AND MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE FA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL SUPPORT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LIMITED MOISTURE IS CONFINED TO THE NORTHEAST THIRD OF THE FA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SUBSIDENCE WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS AGAIN AFTER 06Z FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE NEXT SHORTWAVE COMING THROUGH THE FLOW WILL AFFECT EASTERN COLORADO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. PLAN TO CONTINUE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS DUE TO LIMITED MOISTURE. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO MID 60S. MAX TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE TO THE MID 90S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. IN THE EXTENDED...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE FA. A RIDGE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE PLAINS. HOWEVER, NUMEROUS SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE RIDGE AND SUPPORT A SLIGHT CHANCE TO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER TO MID 60S FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE MID TO UPPER 60S SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MAX TEMPERATURES WILL VARY FROM THE UPPER 80S TO THE LOWER 90S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 534 AM MDT TUE AUG 4 2015 VFR CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED AT KGLD OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. UNLIKE KGLD...KMCK IS CURRENTLY ENGULFED IN DENSE FOG. FOG FORMED IN THE VICINITY OF A STALLED FRONT WHERE MOISTURE IS POOLED. FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE BY LATE MORNING. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON AS A VIGOROUS DISTURBANCE PUSHES THROUGH. STORMS LIKELY DEVELOP ON A DRYLINE AND THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED FRONT. STORMS WILL MOVE OVER KMCK BUT UNSURE IF THEY WILL REACH KGLD. FOR NOW...MENTIONED VCTS AT KGLD. STORMS LIKELY EXIT THE REGION THIS EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF FOG IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY AT KMCK. PLACED A MVFR FOG MENTION INTO KMCK TAF FOR NOW. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...FS LONG TERM...FS AVIATION...RRH
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 3:54 AM CDT, 11 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 254 AM MDT TUE AUG 4 2015 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-050900- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 254 AM MDT TUE AUG 4 2015 /354 AM CDT TUE AUG 4 2015/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED THIS MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE ARE EXPECTED UNTIL MID- MORNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON GENERALLY EAST OF A YUMA COLORADO TO LEOTI KANSAS LINE. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS A TORNADO. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING MAY ALSO BE A CONCERN FOR LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 4, 2:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
114 PM MDT TUE AUG 04 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1242 PM HAIL 10 NW HERNDON 40.03N 100.90W
08/04/2015 E1.00 INCH HITCHCOCK NE PUBLIC
HEAVY RAIN FELL ALONG WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL
&&
JNSpecial weather statement, Aug 4, 2:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
128 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2015
COZ090-042015-
YUMA COUNTY CO-
128 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL YUMA COUNTY UNTIL
215 PM MDT...
AT 127 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES NORTH OF WRAY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WRAY AND LAIRD.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 385 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 236 AND 255.
LAT...LON 4019 10205 4000 10205 3997 10227 4018 10235
4028 10216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 324DEG 14KT 4018 10221
024Local storm report, Aug 4, 2:58 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
158 PM MDT TUE AUG 04 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM HAIL 9 N BEARDSLEY 39.94N 101.25W
08/04/2015 E1.00 INCH RAWLINS KS PUBLIC
HAIL CURRENTLY FALLING, ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN
&&
HILLLocal storm report, Aug 4, 3:15 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
215 PM MDT TUE AUG 04 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM HAIL BIRD CITY 39.75N 101.53W
08/04/2015 E2.00 INCH CHEYENNE KS PUBLIC
WINDS ESTIMATED UP TO 60 MPH. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
&&
HILLLocal storm report, Aug 4, 3:19 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
219 PM MDT TUE AUG 04 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0216 PM HAIL COLBY 39.39N 101.05W
08/04/2015 E1.75 INCH THOMAS KS PUBLIC
&&
HILLLocal storm report, Aug 4, 3:32 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 8:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Wichita | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Greeley | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 61 min |
| Aug 4, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Thomas | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Decatur | 19 min |
| Aug 4, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 58 min |
| Aug 4, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 49 min |
| Aug 4, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 63 min |
| Aug 4, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 22 min |
| Aug 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 65 min |
| Aug 4, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Gove | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 21 min |
| Aug 4, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 38 min |
| Aug 4, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 3:43 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 11:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 12:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 12:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 2:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 57 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.