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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

April 24, 2016Red Willow County, Nebraska; Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2016, 12:31 AM CDT for Red Willow County, Nebraska; Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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
Apr 24, 2016, 12:31 AM CDT (05:31 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2016, 12:59 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2016-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 866 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 2016-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
866 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

031 
WUUS53 KGLD 240531
SVRGLD
KSC039-153-NEC145-240615-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0021.160424T0531Z-160424T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1231 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN RAWLINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1231 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF
  HERNDON...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF OBERLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCCOOK...INDIANOLA...HERNDON...DANBURY...TRAER AND CEDAR BLUFFS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3974 10089 4001 10074 4026 10075 4026 10032
      3991 10033
TIME...MOT...LOC 0531Z 236DEG 31KT 3992 10071 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
208 
WWUS53 KGLD 240559
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1259 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

KSC039-153-NEC145-240609-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160424T0615Z/
DECATUR KS-RAWLINS KS-RED WILLOW NE-
1259 AM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DECATUR...
NORTHEASTERN RAWLINS AND SOUTHERN RED WILLOW COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3974 10089 4001 10074 4026 10075 4026 10032
      3991 10033
TIME...MOT...LOC 0554Z 236DEG 31KT 4006 10045 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 11:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock23 min
Apr 23, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow29 min
Apr 24, 1:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock17 min
Apr 24, 1:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow31 min
Apr 23, 10:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace28 min
Apr 23, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins44 min
Apr 23, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley, Sherman, Wallace41 min
Apr 23, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace51 min
Apr 23, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita14 min
Apr 23, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Sheridan, Thomas30 min
Apr 23, 11:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Thomas24 min
Apr 24, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas42 min
Apr 24, 1:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Sheridan29 min
Apr 24, 2:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan29 min
Apr 24, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur44 min
Apr 24, 3:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton15 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.