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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Goodland, KS

August 7, 2015Logan County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2015, 7:19 PM CDT for Logan County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2015, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2015, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Logan County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 7:20 PM CDTHAIL 111 N Leoti, KSBLOWING DUST WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY
Aug 7, 7:22 PM CDTHAIL 111 Nnw Leoti, KSA MIX OF PENNY AND QUARTER HAIL...50 MPH ESTIMATED WIND GUST AND HEAVY RAIN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 7, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4039 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2015-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4039 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1944 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
20.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

960 
WUUS53 KGLD 080019
SVRGLD
KSC109-203-080115-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0310.150808T0019Z-150808T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
719 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...
  NORTHERN WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 719 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST
  OF LEOTI...MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  LEOTI AND SELKIRK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING IN AREAS OF
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DIRT. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3842 10156 3868 10157 3870 10152 3870 10149
      3871 10149 3884 10114 3854 10113
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 238DEG 13KT 3854 10148 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
550 
WWUS53 KGLD 080038
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
738 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2015

KSC109-203-080115-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-150808T0115Z/
LOGAN KS-WICHITA KS-
738 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN AND NORTHERN WICHITA COUNTIES...

AT 738 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
LEOTI...MOVING NORTHEAST 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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN LOGAN AND NORTHERN WICHITA COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AROUND AN INCH. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS RESULTING IN AREAS OF
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DIRT. USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL AND BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3851 10156 3868 10157 3870 10152 3870 10149
      3871 10149 3884 10114 3863 10114
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 238DEG 13KT 3858 10141 

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

JN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace63 min
Aug 7, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman41 min
Aug 7, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wallace, Wichita39 min
Aug 7, 7:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas54 min
Aug 7, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas55 min
Aug 7, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 1 more57 min
Aug 7, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins56 min
Aug 7, 9:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan66 min
Aug 7, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne59 min
Aug 7, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins53 min
Aug 7, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan56 min
Aug 8, 12:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham, Norton37 min
Aug 8, 1:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton39 min
Aug 8, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace52 min
Aug 8, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace26 min
Aug 8, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.