Alert archive / Nebraska / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 2017, 4:29 PM MDT for Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 30 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
- Oct 1, 2017, 4:29 PM MDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 2017, 4:59 PM MDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2:25 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
217
WUUS53 KGLD 012229
SVRGLD
NEC057-087-012315-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0310.171001T2229Z-171001T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
429 PM MDT SUN OCT 1 2017
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Hitchcock County in southwestern Nebraska...
Northeastern Dundy County in southwestern Nebraska...
* Until 515 PM MDT/615 PM CDT/
* At 428 PM MDT/528 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 11
miles north of Benkelman, moving northeast at 50 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
northwestern Hitchcock and northeastern Dundy Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT/1100 PM CDT/ for
southwestern Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4010 10157 4024 10173 4035 10159 4035 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 227DEG 44KT 4021 10162
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EV2 follow-up statements
531
WWUS53 KGLD 012246
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
446 PM MDT SUN OCT 1 2017
NEC057-087-012315-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-171001T2315Z/
Hitchcock NE-Dundy NE-
446 PM MDT SUN OCT 1 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM
MDT/615 PM CDT/ FOR NORTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK AND NORTHEASTERN DUNDY
COUNTIES...
At 446 PM MDT/546 PM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles
southwest of Wauneta, or 16 miles southeast of Imperial, moving
northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Hitchcock and northeastern Dundy Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT/1100 PM CDT/ for
southwestern Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4022 10150 4030 10165 4035 10159 4035 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 227DEG 44KT 4036 10141
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EV991
WWUS53 KGLD 012259
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
459 PM MDT SUN OCT 1 2017
NEC057-087-012309-
/O.CAN.KGLD.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-171001T2315Z/
Hitchcock NE-Dundy NE-
459 PM MDT SUN OCT 1 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HITCHCOCK AND
NORTHEASTERN DUNDY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT/1100 PM CDT/ for
southwestern Nebraska.
LAT...LON 4022 10150 4030 10165 4035 10159 4035 10118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 227DEG 44KT 4047 10126
$$
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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.