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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 339, NWS Goodland, KS

July 27, 2018Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2018, 7:34 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 27, 2018, 7:34 PM MDT (01:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2018, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Greeley County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:36 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 27, 1:04 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 3.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 27, 7:08 PM MDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 7:08 PM MDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 1:42 PM MDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
142 PM MDT Fri Jul 27 2018

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-281945-
Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-
Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-
Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
142 PM MDT Fri Jul 27 2018 /242 PM CDT Fri Jul 27 2018/

This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska...
northwest Kansas and east central Colorado.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

Tornado watch 315 has been issued for the entire Tri-State region for
this afternoon into the evening hours.

There is a moderate risk for severe thunderstorms from late this
afternoon through this evening. All modes of severe weather are
possible with a heightened threat of hail up to the size of
baseballs and outflow winds gusting up to 80 mph. A tornado or two
can not be ruled out, particularly along the Colorado border. In
addition, heavy rainfall is also expected and could produce flash
flooding, especially for locations that have received heavy rainfall
in previous days.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

There is a marginal threat of severe thunderstorms Saturday and
Sunday. Large hail and damaging winds will be the primary threats
with these storms along with locally heavy rainfall is also
possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
603 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 NE GOODLAND           39.40N 101.64W
07/27/2018                   SHERMAN            KS   PUBLIC

            REPORT VIA FACEBOOK OF BROKEN WINDOWS DUE TO
            HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. TIME ESTIMATED
            BY RADAR.

&&

JRP

Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:37 PM MDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
637 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0632 PM     HEAVY RAIN       12 S WHEELER            39.58N 101.71W
07/27/2018  M1.10 INCH       CHEYENNE           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER CALLED IN AND REPORTED 1.10 INCHES
            OF RAINFALL TODAY. IT WAS STILL CONTINUING
            TO RAIN, AND THERE WAS 2 INCHES OF STANDING
            STANDING WATER ON THE ROAD. HAIL WAS SEEN
            JUST NORTH OF THE LOCATION ON THE SIDE OF
            THE ROAD. INDIVIDUAL HAIL SIZE WAS
            UNAVAILABLE, BUT ROAD WAS COVERED IN HAIL
            WITH A DEPTH OF 1-2 INCHES.

&&

EV

Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:45 PM MDT, 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
645 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0635 PM     HAIL             5 ENE WALLACE           38.95N 101.50W
07/27/2018  E1.00 INCH       WALLACE            KS   STORM CHASER

            HAIL COVERING THE ROAD.

&&

RRH

Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:50 PM MDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
650 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0639 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 E KIT CARSON          38.76N 102.78W
07/27/2018  M67 MPH          CHEYENNE           CO   MESONET

&&

RRH

Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:52 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
652 PM MDT FRI JUL 27 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     HAIL             3 ENE WALLACE           38.93N 101.55W
07/27/2018  E1.50 INCH       WALLACE            KS   STORM CHASER

            REPORT OF 1 TO 1.5 INCH HAIL COVERING US HWY
            40 AND ADJACENT FIELDS VIA STORM CHASER. TIM
            ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

&&

JRP

Special weather statement, Jul 27, 7:08 PM MDT, 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 6:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman	57 min
Jul 27, 6:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Wallace	34 min
Jul 27, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	47 min
Jul 27, 7:54 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Greeley, Wichita	19 min
Jul 27, 7:56 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Wichita	23 min
Jul 27, 8:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	42 min
Jul 27, 6:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	10 min
Jul 27, 7:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	37 min
Jul 28, 5:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	32 min
Jul 28, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	54 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.