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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 389, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2018, 7:57 PM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 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
- Aug 25, 2018, 7:57 PM MDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2018, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Greeley County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 2403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
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 Aug 25, 4:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 4:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Goodland KS 400 PM MDT Sat Aug 25 2018 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Tuesday) Issued at 315 PM MDT Sat Aug 25 2018 Forecast concerns will be chance of thunderstorms into Sunday, how hot does it get through Monday, Fire Weather on Monday, and how much does it cool off Tuesday. Satellite showing an amplified flow over the Pacific. This flow flattens out and is more progressive over the country. Subtropical moisture is streaming into the area from the southwest. For Tonight/Sunday...Very unorganized/weak forcing expected through the night. Currently earlier storms have weakened and moved north of the area. These storms appear to be result of right rear quadrant of jet. Expect that activity to move north as that right rear quadrant moves north and then stays to the north and west of the area through the night. Little to no height falls also do not occur through the night with the largest happening late in the night. Still despite the loss of the jet, the main shortwave and height falls are near/over northwest corner with also a subtle surface convergence boundary. Earlier models were not developing much precipitation in the northwest portion. However they now appear to be missing this with the 18Z Nam and the most recent run of the Hrrr catching the persistent linear storms near/over Yuma county. So raised pops in the northwest corner. A second area of development looks to be in the southern third of the area. This is where the best mid level moisture resides plus this is where the least cap and most instability resides. So will also have chance pops in this area as well. With precipitable water values near 1.5 inches, locally heavy rainfall will be possible and Cams would support that as well. In addition to the locally heavy rainfall, damaging winds will be the other main threat due to steep low level lapse rates/high Dcape values. For Sunday, right rear quadrant stays near the northwest portion of the area through the afternoon. Also it looks like shortwave ridging will be in place during the day. So will keep the day dry. Models have not been too bad on maxes recently and see no reason to deviate significantly from any blend. That means temperatures in the 90s once again. For Sunday night/Monday...Right rear quadrant of jet is near the northern portion of the area through the evening. This moves across the forecast area during the overnight hours. Next shortwave trough moves through during the evening. Right now the blend only gives me a slight chance in the evening. Can see this activity needing to be extended into the overnight hours. At this time, I can live with what is in there. Main change for this period was to make the high temperatures warmer. On Monday, look to have plenty of sun with downslope winds through mid levels. Also should have prefrontal warming. So warmed maxes above what the blend gave me. For the fire weather concern please refer to that section below. For Monday night/Tuesday...Front moves through during the night. However it looks dry due to deep dry air mass with 700 mb temperatures of +15 or higher. So we stay capped. Models are cooler on Tuesday from previous run. Blend does look reasonable at this time, and see no reason to change it. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday night through Saturday) Issued at 131 PM MDT Sat Aug 25 2018 After the cold front passes through Tuesday, a warm front moves through the Tri-State region Wednesday into Thursday raising temperatures back into the 90s through the end of the week. High pressure rebuilds over the southwest U.S. from the East coast by Thursday. A series of shortwaves will move through the Tri-State region Wednesday night through Saturday leading to precipitation chances, though chances remain low at this time. Temperatures cool off slightly Saturday as a trough extends south across the central Plains and moves eastward during the day. By Saturday night, a ridge begins shifting east over the southern Plains. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Sunday evening) Issued at 400 PM MDT Sat Aug 25 2018 For KGLD and KMCK, vfr conditions expected through the period. Good agreement that a weather disturbance moves across the forecast area from the southwest from taf issuance through shortly after sunrise Sunday morning with drier air throughout the atmosphere moving in behind it. At this time shower and thunderstorm activity appears to miss both terminals, enough that it wont be mentioned in the terminal forecast. If either terminal were to get any thunder it would be in the KGLD area around 00z through perhaps 06z with gusty outflow winds the primary threat. Will monitor convective threat closely and its possible amendments will be needed. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 315 PM MDT Sat Aug 25 2018 For Monday...For counties along the Colorado border, relative humidities will drop to near 15 percent. However, at this time winds look to stay below 25 mph. Will continue to watch this day closely. && .GLD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KS...NONE. CO...NONE. NE...NONE. && SHORT TERM...BULLER LONG TERM...NEWMAN AVIATION...99 FIRE WEATHER...BULLER
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 3:06 PM MDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 306 PM MDT Sat Aug 25 2018 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-261200- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 306 PM MDT Sat Aug 25 2018 /406 PM CDT Sat Aug 25 2018/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible into the overnight hours. A few of these storms could become severe with damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall the main threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 6:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 655 PM MDT SAT AUG 25 2018 COZ090-260115- Yuma County CO- 655 PM MDT SAT AUG 25 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM MDT... At 654 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles northeast of Arickaree School, or 22 miles south of Yuma, moving east at 15 mph. Nickel size hail and winds of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Abarr. LAT...LON 3995 10280 3999 10265 3970 10262 3969 10280 TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 261DEG 12KT 3982 10286 Lundquist
Local storm report, Aug 25, 6:57 PM MDT, 1 hour before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
732 PM MDT SAT AUG 25 2018
KSZ027-260145-
Wallace KS-
732 PM MDT SAT AUG 25 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WALLACE COUNTY UNTIL
745 PM MDT...
At 732 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles north of Weskan, or 9 miles west of Sharon Springs, moving
northeast at 25 mph.
Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with this storm.
LAT...LON 3890 10205 3893 10205 3907 10192 3896 10173
3882 10189
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 220DEG 20KT 3894 10192
LundquistThe office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 6:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 18 min |
| Aug 25, 7:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 12 min |
| Aug 25, 7:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 13 min |
| Aug 25, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 37 min |
| Aug 25, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 8:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 19 min |
| Aug 25, 8:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 14 min |
| Aug 25, 9:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 13 min |
| Aug 25, 9:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 25 min |
| Aug 25, 10:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 6:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 15 min |
| Aug 25, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 14 min |
| Aug 25, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 8 min |
| Aug 25, 6:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 20 min |
| Aug 25, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 14 min |
| Aug 25, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Yuma | 49 min |
| Aug 25, 7:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 3 hr |
| Aug 25, 8:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 27 min |
| Aug 25, 9:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 14 min |
| Aug 26, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 26 min |
| Aug 26, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 5:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 31 min |
| Aug 25, 9:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 24 min |
| Aug 25, 10:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 17 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.