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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 305, NWS Goodland, KS

August 4, 20154 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2015, 4:51 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 39 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, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Decatur County, KS, Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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
Aug 4, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 12:00Z on 2015-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 983 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2015-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
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

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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 Aug 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 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
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita51 min
Aug 3, 8:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita41 min
Aug 3, 8:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWichita3 hr
Aug 3, 9:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley3 hr
Aug 4, 1:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne61 min
Aug 4, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins51 min
Aug 4, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins46 min
Aug 4, 1:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins46 min
Aug 4, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas46 min
Aug 4, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins44 min
Aug 4, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas52 min
Aug 4, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur39 min
Aug 4, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas49 min
Aug 4, 2:56 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur34 min
Aug 4, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins26 min
Aug 4, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne45 min
Aug 4, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur53 min
Aug 4, 3:23 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDecatur19 min
Aug 4, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas58 min
Aug 4, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton54 min
Aug 4, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman49 min
Aug 4, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove36 min
Aug 4, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton63 min
Aug 4, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham59 min
Aug 4, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan22 min
Aug 4, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove28 min
Aug 4, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove51 min
Aug 4, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton, Sheridan65 min
Aug 4, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove51 min
Aug 4, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove21 min
Aug 4, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham38 min
Aug 4, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma47 min
Aug 4, 3:43 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLDDundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow6 hr
Aug 4, 11:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow45 min
Aug 4, 12:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock43 min
Aug 4, 12:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDHitchcock3 hr
Aug 4, 12:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRed Willow39 min
Aug 4, 12:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock51 min
Aug 4, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock40 min
Aug 4, 1:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock48 min
Aug 4, 2:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow3 hr
Aug 4, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow57 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.