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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 521, NWS Goodland, KS

September 3, 2016Cheyenne County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2016, 10:31 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 26 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: Sep 3, 2016, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2016, 10:57 PM CDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Cheyenne County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 3, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

302 
WUUS53 KGLD 040331
SVRGLD
KSC023-040415-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0521.160904T0331Z-160904T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1031 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1030 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
  ST. FRANCIS...MOVING EAST 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ST. FRANCIS AND WHEELER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3961 10204 3992 10204 3999 10162 3958 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 264DEG 18KT 3982 10196 

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

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1 follow-up statement

345 
WWUS53 KGLD 040357
SVSGLD

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1057 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016

KSC023-040407-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0521.000000T0000Z-160904T0415Z/
CHEYENNE KS-
1057 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS 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 GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN KANSAS.

LAT...LON 3961 10204 3992 10204 3999 10162 3958 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 264DEG 18KT 3983 10178 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	52 min
Sep 3, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	49 min
Sep 3, 7:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Graham	32 min
Sep 3, 7:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	10 hr
Sep 3, 7:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	36 min
Sep 3, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	46 min
Sep 3, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wallace	21 min
Sep 3, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	49 min
Sep 3, 8:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	8 hr
Sep 3, 8:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	13 min
Sep 3, 8:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Graham	9 hr
Sep 3, 8:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	23 min
Sep 3, 8:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	33 min
Sep 3, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	47 min
Sep 3, 8:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	13 min
Sep 3, 8:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	32 min
Sep 3, 9:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	8 hr
Sep 3, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	19 min
Sep 3, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Thomas	25 min
Sep 3, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	10 min
Sep 3, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	29 min
Sep 3, 9:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Rawlins	6 hr
Sep 3, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	39 min
Sep 3, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	36 min
Sep 3, 10:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	10 min
Sep 3, 10:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	21 min
Sep 3, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	33 min
Sep 3, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	12 min
Sep 3, 11:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	42 min
Sep 3, 11:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins	46 min
Sep 3, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham	33 min
Sep 4, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	22 min
Sep 4, 1:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	GLD	Norton	41 hr
Sep 4, 2:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas	3 hr
Sep 4, 5:23 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	24 hr
Sep 4, 5:49 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 5 more	17 hr
Sep 4, 3:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	67 min
Sep 4, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	45 min
Sep 4, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	51 min
Sep 4, 4:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	45 min
Sep 4, 4:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	17 min
Sep 4, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	51 min
Sep 4, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	28 min
Sep 4, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas	51 min
Sep 4, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	47 min
Sep 4, 5:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wichita	6 hr
Sep 4, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wichita	62 min
Sep 4, 5:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	23 min
Sep 4, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan	64 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.