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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS

May 7, 2016Graham County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 2016, 10:36 PM CDT for Graham County, Kansas. It was in force for 20 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
May 7, 2016, 10:36 PM CDT (03:36 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2016, 10:56 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Graham County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 7, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2016-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 666 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
666 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

As transmitted.

155 
WUUS53 KGLD 080336
SVRGLD
KSC065-080415-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0049.160508T0336Z-160508T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1036 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1036 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF WAKEENEY TO 9 MILES NORTH OF
  OGALLAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
  BOGUE AND NICODEMUS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9998 3949 9960 3913 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 233DEG 43KT 3913 9988 3912 9968 

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

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2 follow-up statements
702 
WWUS53 KGLD 080345
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1045 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016

KSC065-080415-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160508T0415Z/
GRAHAM KS-
1045 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY...

AT 1045 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF PALCO...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF OGALLAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 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. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3913 9977 3935 9960 3913 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 225DEG 40KT 3919 9964 

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

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736 
WWUS53 KGLD 080356
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1056 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016

KSC065-080405-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160508T0415Z/
GRAHAM KS-
1056 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3913 9977 3935 9960 3913 9961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0354Z 233DEG 43KT 3927 9951 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan19 min
May 7, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove45 min
May 7, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan10 min
May 7, 8:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRawlins14 min
May 7, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Sheridan51 min
May 7, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur12 min
May 7, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove53 min
May 7, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton39 min
May 7, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan48 min
May 7, 9:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove8 min
May 7, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Norton47 min
May 7, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove14 min
May 7, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham9 min
May 7, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham15 min
May 7, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton32 min
May 7, 11:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton26 min
May 8, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman48 min
May 8, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan12 min
May 8, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan39 min
May 8, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan40 min
May 8, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne33 min
May 8, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman46 min
May 8, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove15 min
May 8, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace19 min
May 8, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita43 min
May 8, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan48 min
May 8, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove47 min
May 8, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove24 min
May 8, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas51 min
May 8, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman48 min
May 8, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGove23 min
May 8, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne32 min
May 8, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham41 min
May 8, 5:57 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDGove11 min
May 8, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins43 min
May 8, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Thomas39 min
May 8, 6:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham24 min
May 8, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman, Thomas51 min
May 8, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham23 min
May 8, 6:33 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDDecatur27 min
May 8, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins, Sherman, Thomas24 min
May 8, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas15 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.