Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 2017, 10:15 PM CDT for Gove County, Graham County, Sheridan County, Kansas. 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 2, 2017, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2017, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 2098 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
The text
As transmitted.
921
WUUS53 KGLD 030315
SVRGLD
KSC063-065-179-030345-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0331.171003T0315Z-171003T0345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1015 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Sheridan County in northwestern Kansas...
Northeastern Gove County in west central Kansas...
Southwestern Graham County in northwestern Kansas...
* Until 1045 PM CDT
* At 1015 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southwest
of Quinter, moving northeast at 40 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Quinter, Park and Saint Peter.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 99 and
113.
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 1100 PM CDT for northwestern
and west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3913 10015 3898 10015 3890 10037 3901 10050
3931 10017 3913 9997
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 231DEG 35KT 3899 10032
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EV2 follow-up statements
468
WWUS53 KGLD 030331
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1031 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
KSC063-065-179-030345-
/O.CON.KGLD.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-171003T0345Z/
Sheridan KS-Gove KS-Graham KS-
1031 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN...NORTHEASTERN GOVE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM
COUNTIES...
At 1031 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles east of
Quinter, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Quinter, Park and Saint Peter.
This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 99 and
107.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern
and west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3905 10015 3908 10042 3931 10017 3913 9997
3913 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 231DEG 35KT 3909 10016
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
EV855
WWUS53 KGLD 030342
SVSGLD
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1042 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
KSC063-065-179-030350-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-171003T0345Z/
Sheridan KS-Gove KS-Graham KS-
1042 PM CDT MON OCT 2 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN...
NORTHEASTERN GOVE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
1045 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened and no longer
poses an immediate threat to life or property. Therefore the warning
will be allowed to expire. Small hail and gusty winds will remain
possible with this thunderstorm as it tracks northeast from
southeast Sheridan county into western Graham county through 1130 PM
CDT.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for northwestern
and west central Kansas.
LAT...LON 3905 10015 3908 10042 3931 10017 3913 9997
3913 10015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0340Z 231DEG 35KT 3914 10008
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas, Wallace, Wichita | 38 min |
| Oct 2, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan | 29 min |
| Oct 2, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 35 min |
| Oct 2, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 38 min |
| Oct 2, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins | 47 min |
| Oct 2, 8:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas | 3 hr |
| Oct 2, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 26 min |
| Oct 2, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Sheridan | 58 min |
| Oct 2, 8:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Gove, Sheridan | 6 hr |
| Oct 2, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham, Norton | 49 min |
| Oct 2, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Logan, Sheridan | 45 min |
| Oct 2, 9:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Graham | 6 hr |
| Oct 2, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton, Sheridan | 43 min |
| Oct 2, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 32 min |
| Oct 2, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 34 min |
| Oct 2, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 31 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.