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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Goodland, KS

April 26, 2016Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2016, 3:36 AM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 24 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 26, 2016, 3:36 AM MDT (09:36 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2016, 4:00 AM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:37 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

369 
WUUS53 KGLD 260936
SVRGLD
NEC057-261000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0032.160426T0936Z-160426T1000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
336 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL DUNDY COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...

* UNTIL 400 AM MDT

* AT 335 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF CHURCH GROVE CAMPGROUND...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL...MOVING
  NORTH AT 20 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
  NORTH CENTRAL DUNDY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4011 10164 4017 10179 4035 10176 4035 10153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0935Z 193DEG 16KT 4028 10171 

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

JN

2 follow-up statements

905 
WWUS53 KGLD 260947
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
347 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016

NEC057-261000-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160426T1000Z/
DUNDY NE-
347 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL DUNDY COUNTY...

AT 346 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHURCH GROVE CAMPGROUND...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTH
AT 20 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 NORTH
CENTRAL DUNDY COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4011 10164 4015 10171 4035 10170 4035 10153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 193DEG 16KT 4033 10169 

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

JN

731 
WWUS53 KGLD 260957
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
357 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016

NEC057-261007-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160426T1000Z/
DUNDY NE-
357 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DUNDY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 400 AM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4011 10164 4015 10171 4035 10170 4035 10153
TIME...MOT...LOC 0955Z 193DEG 16KT 4033 10169 

$$

JN

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 Apr 26, 2:17 AM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 2:17 AM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
217 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 215 AM MDT
TUE APR 26 2016

A RELATIVELY STRONG H5 TROUGH IS MOVING THROUGH THE REGION AND
SPARKING THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS
MORNING. FOG IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING WITH STRATUS LINGERING
INTO THE MIDDAY HOURS MAINLY OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE TROUGH AND
ASSOCIATED FRONT COMBINED WITH GOOD INSTABILITY AND SHEAR IS
CREATING A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP. BEHIND THE FRONT...TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST...THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED. WE WILL SEE SLIGHT THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
ACROSS THE CWA FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING WITH STRONGER STORMS
DEVELOPING AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THIS AFTERNOON WE WILL SEE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA AT THAT TIME. CURRENT GUIDANCE PUTS THE
STRONGEST CONVECTION MAINLY EAST OF HWY 283 HOWEVER ANYTHING THAT
DEVELOPS ALONG THE FRONT/DRYLINE COULD QUICKLY BECOME SEVERE WITH
RISKS INCLUDING VERY LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE
VERY SLOWLY ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD ACTIVITY
EAST THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WEAK JET STREAM FORCING WILL KEEP
THE SYSTEM FROM BEING PUSHED EAST VERY QUICKLY AND AS A RESULT WE
COULD SEE A CHANCE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING. SHORTWAVE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WITH ONLY PARTIAL CLEARING POSSIBLE FOR THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS AND INTO THURSDAY.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 215 AM MDT
TUE APR 26 2016

SHORTWAVE HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE REGION LATE THURSDAY
AND INTO FRIDAY AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE REGION
FRIDAY MORNING. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE ASSOCIATED BOUNDARY AND
FRONT. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE AT LEAST MARGINAL INSTABILITY
DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ALONG A THETA E
BOUNDARY THAT WILL BE DRAPED FROM NORTH NORTHWEST TO SOUTH
SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL BE ANOTHER SLOW MOVING SYSTEM WITH
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ONCE MORE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS THE H5
LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST NORTHEAST. LOWER POPS ARE FORECAST FOR
MONDAY AS THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION WITH DRY WEATHER ON TUESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1144 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016

WARM FRONT IS IN THE PROCESS OF SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AND EAST
WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVING NORTH TOWARDS KGLD AND
KMCK. EXPECT FOG/STRATUS TO DEVELOP BY 09-10Z AT BOTH KGLD/KMCK WITH
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALSO POSSIBLE MAINLY AT KMCK. TREND SHOULD
BE TOWARDS IMPROVING CONDITIONS AT KGLD AROUND 12Z WITH VFR
CONDITIONS RETURNING THEN PREVAILING THROUGH THE REMAINING TAF
PERIOD. STRATUS AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LINGERING AT KMCK AS
FRONT WILL REMAIN NEAR TERMINAL THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. VFR
CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL AT KMCK BY TUESDAY EVENING AS DRIER
MOVES INTO THE REGION. THERE IS A CONCERN FOR A FEW STRONGER/SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL (2 INCHES OR LARGER) EARLY IN THE
TAF PERIOD AT KMCK. BETTER CHANCES FOR SEVERE WINDS AND HAIL
WOULD BE DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING AT KMCK. THERE ARE STILL
QUESTIONS ON COVERAGE EVEN AT KMCK...SO I KEPT MENTION LIMITED TO
VCTS.

&&

.GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KS...NONE.
CO...NONE.
NE...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...TL
LONG TERM...TL
AVIATION...DR

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 1:47 PM MDT, 13 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
147 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-262000-
YUMA COUNTY-KIT CARSON COUNTY-CHEYENNE COUNTY-CHEYENNE-RAWLINS-
DECATUR-NORTON-SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-
GREELEY-WICHITA-DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
147 PM MDT MON APR 25 2016 /247 PM CDT MON APR 25 2016/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY TUESDAY MORNING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. LARGE HAIL WILL BE
THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS.

FOG SHOULD DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST KANSAS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

ANY FOG THAT DEVELOPS OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS TONIGHT MAY LINGER
INTO THE MID-MORNING HOURS TUESDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY. THE LOCATIONS
UNDER THE HIGHEST THREAT ARE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM WRAY
COLORADO TO ATWOOD KANSAS TO HILL CITY KANSAS. THE MAIN THREATS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 12:14 AM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1214 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016

COZ090-260700-
YUMA COUNTY CO-
1214 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN YUMA COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM
MDT...

AT 1213 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING DEVELOPING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWEST OF YUMA AND JOES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YUMA...ECKLEY...HEARTSTRONG...CLARKVILLE...KIRK...ABARR AND JOES.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4044 10242 3959 10255 3958 10280 4000 10280
      4000 10279 4035 10279 4035 10278 4044 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 216DEG 26KT 4004 10281

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:10 AM MDT, 26 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
310 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016

NEZ079-261000-
DUNDY NE-
310 AM MDT TUE APR 26 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTY UNTIL
400 AM MDT...

AT 310 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTH OF CRETE...OR 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF IMPERIAL...MOVING NORTH
AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN DUNDY
COUNTY.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4031 10167 4017 10182 4027 10204 4035 10202
      4035 10166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0910Z 199DEG 17KT 4032 10190

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 26, 2:56 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Dundy	19 min
Apr 26, 3:10 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	50 min
Apr 26, 3:56 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	49 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.