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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 430, NWS Goodland, KS

July 28, 20164 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2016, 1:39 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 22 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: Jul 28, 2016, 1:39 AM CDT (06:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2016, 2:01 AM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

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

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:40 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 662 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

781 
WUUS53 KGLD 280639
SVRGLD
KSC039-065-137-179-280730-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0430.160728T0639Z-160728T0730Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
139 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  SOUTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...
  NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 139 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF JENNINGS...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOXIE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW ALMELO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3964 10034 3965 10008 3939 9999 3939 10030
TIME...MOT...LOC 0639Z 343DEG 21KT 3956 10020 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JRM

2 follow-up statements

394 
WWUS53 KGLD 280655
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
155 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

KSC039-137-280705-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-160728T0730Z/
DECATUR KS-NORTON KS-
155 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DECATUR AND
SOUTHWESTERN NORTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3939 9999 3939 10030 3957 10032 3956 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 0655Z 344DEG 20KT 3949 10020 

$$

KSC065-179-280730-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-160728T0730Z/
GRAHAM KS-SHERIDAN KS-
155 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES...

AT 155 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST
OF MORLAND...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOXIE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 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
NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3939 9999 3939 10030 3957 10032 3956 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 0655Z 344DEG 20KT 3949 10020 

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

JRM

235 
WWUS53 KGLD 280701
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
201 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

KSC065-179-280710-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0430.000000T0000Z-160728T0730Z/
GRAHAM KS-SHERIDAN KS-
201 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAHAM AND
NORTHEASTERN SHERIDAN 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.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3939 9999 3939 10030 3957 10032 3956 10005
TIME...MOT...LOC 0658Z 343DEG 21KT 3946 10019 

$$

JRM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	36 min
Jul 27, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	22 min
Jul 27, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	40 min
Jul 27, 10:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	39 min
Jul 27, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	22 min
Jul 27, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	48 min
Jul 27, 10:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sherman	17 min
Jul 27, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	46 min
Jul 27, 11:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	24 min
Jul 27, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	22 min
Jul 27, 11:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	39 min
Jul 27, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	31 min
Jul 27, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	39 min
Jul 27, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	20 min
Jul 27, 11:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	19 min
Jul 27, 11:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan, Thomas	14 min
Jul 27, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	27 min
Jul 27, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	38 min
Jul 27, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	49 min
Jul 27, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan, Thomas	33 min
Jul 28, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	23 min
Jul 28, 12:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Wallace	29 min
Jul 28, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Wallace	20 min
Jul 28, 12:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins, Thomas	29 min
Jul 28, 12:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Wallace	10 min
Jul 28, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan	50 min
Jul 28, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	23 min
Jul 28, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan	31 min
Jul 28, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	15 min
Jul 28, 12:34 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Wallace	2 hr
Jul 28, 12:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace, Wichita	25 min
Jul 28, 12:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	25 min
Jul 28, 12:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Sheridan	3 hr
Jul 28, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sheridan	14 min
Jul 28, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sheridan	16 min
Jul 28, 1:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	8 min
Jul 28, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	18 min
Jul 28, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	46 min
Jul 28, 1:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	28 min
Jul 28, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	25 min
Jul 28, 1:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	20 min
Jul 28, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	9 min
Jul 28, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	13 min
Jul 28, 2:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	16 min
Jul 28, 2:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	22 min
Jul 28, 3:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	40 min
Jul 28, 3:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	47 min
Jul 28, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	52 min
Jul 28, 5:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	25 min
Jul 28, 10:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	42 min
Jul 28, 11:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan, Wallace	43 min
Jul 28, 11:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	40 min
Jul 28, 11:56 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wichita	34 min
Jul 28, 12:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	30 min
Jul 28, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	39 min
Jul 28, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur, Norton, Rawlins	44 min
Jul 28, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	51 min
Jul 28, 3:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	33 min
Jul 28, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton	39 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.