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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Goodland, KS

July 5, 2019Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2019, 7:39 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 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 5, 2019, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2019, 8:17 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Gove County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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
Jul 5, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 00:00Z on 2019-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2071 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 00:00Z on 2019-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.4

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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 5, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:12 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
712 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2019

KSZ015-016-060030-
Sheridan KS-Graham KS-
712 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN AND
SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

At 712 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of Quinter, moving east at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Saint Peter.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
northwestern and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3913 10008 3913 10029 3924 10021 3923 10003
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 290DEG 14KT 3917 10019

AW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan18 min
Jul 5, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham43 min
Jul 5, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham16 min
Jul 6, 12:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWallace23 min
Jul 6, 3:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne55 min
Jul 6, 3:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGove79 min
Jul 6, 3:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Rawlins103 min
Jul 6, 3:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman53 min
Jul 6, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace12 min
Jul 6, 4:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan, Wallace58 min
Jul 5, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne26 min
Jul 5, 11:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne27 min
Jul 5, 11:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne106 min
Jul 5, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne29 min
Jul 6, 12:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne40 min
Jul 6, 1:12 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningGLDCheyenne5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.