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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Goodland, KS

June 30, 2016Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2016, 7:56 PM MDT for Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 49 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
Jun 30, 2016, 7:56 PM MDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2016, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

318 
WUUS53 KGLD 010156
SVRGLD
KSC199-010245-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0252.160701T0156Z-160701T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
756 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS...

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 756 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF SHARON SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
  SHARON SPRINGS AND WALLACE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 10199 3913 10165 3883 10148 3882 10191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 305DEG 15KT 3904 10185 

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

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2 follow-up statements
211 
WWUS53 KGLD 010220
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
820 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016

KSC199-010245-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-160701T0245Z/
WALLACE KS-
820 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY...

AT 820 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SHARON SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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...
SHARON SPRINGS AND WALLACE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3905 10196 3909 10164 3883 10148 3882 10191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 333DEG 10KT 3898 10181 

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

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903 
WWUS53 KGLD 010243
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
843 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016

KSC199-010253-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-160701T0245Z/
WALLACE KS-
843 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WALLACE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 845 PM MDT...
                
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 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3905 10196 3909 10164 3883 10148 3882 10191
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 305DEG 15KT 3898 10181 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman29 min
Jun 30, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman49 min
Jun 30, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Wallace47 min
Jun 30, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley15 min
Jun 30, 8:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGreeley14 min
Jun 30, 8:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita39 min
Jul 1, 4:00 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchGLDGreeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita20 hr

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.