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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 100, NWS Goodland, KS

May 28, 2019Gove County, Graham County, Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2019, 6:45 PM CDT for Gove County, Graham County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 45 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
May 28, 2019, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2019, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2019-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2019-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-355 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 May 28, 6:30 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:30 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
333 PM MDT Tue May 28 2019

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-292145-
Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-
Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-
Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
333 PM MDT Tue May 28 2019 /433 PM CDT Tue May 28 2019/

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

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for the following
counties in Kansas until 8 p.m. MDT, 9 p.m. CDT: Greeley, Wichita,
Wallace, Logan, Gove, Thomas, Sheridan, and Graham.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms are expected across the area
from this afternoon through tonight. A few of these storms could
become severe during the afternoon and evening hours mainly along
and north of the Interstate 70 corridor. Large hail around one inch
along with damaging winds will be the primary threats. Lower threats
include the possibility of localized heavy rain leading to flash
flooding and an isolated tornado.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 5:53 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 28, 5:58 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 28, 6:00 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 28, 6:34 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 28, 6:40 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne55 min
May 28, 12:13 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDCheyenne32 min
May 28, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan38 min
May 28, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace54 min
May 28, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove42 min
May 28, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan54 min
May 28, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace61 min
May 28, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove30 min
May 28, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan41 min
May 28, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Wichita65 min
May 28, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan, Sheridan49 min
May 28, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas45 min
May 28, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas35 min
May 28, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne40 min
May 27, 7:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma56 min
May 27, 7:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips8 min
May 27, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma33 min
May 27, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma35 min
May 27, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDYuma30 min
May 27, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma19 min
May 27, 10:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma14 min
May 27, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDYuma24 min
May 27, 11:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDYuma36 min
May 28, 12:01 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDYuma14 min
May 28, 12:26 AM CDTTornado WarningGLDYuma34 min
May 28, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDYuma44 min
May 28, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne35 min
May 28, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne44 min
May 28, 4:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne41 min
May 28, 4:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson35 min
May 28, 4:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson30 min
May 28, 5:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne32 min
May 28, 1:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy17 min
May 28, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow19 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.