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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 192, NWS Goodland, KS

July 8, 2019Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2019, 11:29 PM CDT for Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 31 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 8, 2019, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2019, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2019-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 518 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2019-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
518 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.0

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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 8, 11:05 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 11:05 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 11:08 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 9:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
833 PM MDT MON JUL 8 2019

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

0820 PM     FLASH FLOOD      CHEYENNE WELLS          38.82N 102.35W
07/08/2019                   CHEYENNE           CO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN WATER OVER
            ROADWAYS. PICTURE WAS SENT IN ON SOCIAL
            MEDIA AS WELL.

&&

JBH
Local storm report, Jul 8, 9:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
837 PM MDT MON JUL 8 2019

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

0830 PM     HEAVY RAIN       WRAY                    40.08N 102.23W
07/08/2019  M2.00 INCH       YUMA               CO   PUBLIC

            TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN APPROXIMATELY 30
            MINUTES. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

&&

JBH
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 10:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1028 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2019

NEZ081-090400-
Red Willow NE-
1028 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR RED WILLOW COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM
CDT...

At 1028 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
McCook, moving east at 35 mph.

Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
McCook, Indianola, Bartley, Danbury and Lebanon.

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 1100 PM CDT for
northwestern Kansas...and southwestern Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4000 10019 4000 10076 4035 10076 4035 10020
TIME...MOT...LOC 0328Z 271DEG 30KT 4017 10060

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 10:49 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1049 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2019

KSZ014-015-028-029-090415-
Gove KS-Sheridan KS-Thomas KS-Logan KS-
1049 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN THOMAS...
NORTHEASTERN LOGAN...SOUTHWESTERN SHERIDAN AND NORTHWESTERN GOVE
COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM CDT...

At 1048 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles north of Monument, or 7 miles west of Oakley, moving northeast
at 40 mph.

Pea size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Oakley, Hoxie, Grainfield, Grinnell, Monument, Seguin and Mingo.

This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 60 and 98.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
northwestern and west central Kansas.

LAT...LON 3895 10116 3928 10123 3939 10042 3900 10038
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 244DEG 34KT 3916 10099

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 11:18 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 7:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman29 min
Jul 8, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman28 min
Jul 8, 8:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman26 min
Jul 8, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman29 min
Jul 8, 9:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDWallace3 hr
Jul 8, 10:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan26 min
Jul 8, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Sheridan27 min
Jul 8, 11:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton37 min
Jul 8, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove, Wichita28 min
Jul 8, 11:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Norton34 min
Jul 9, 12:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDTrego30 min
Jul 9, 12:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham, Norton32 min
Jul 8, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson28 min
Jul 8, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson53 min
Jul 8, 7:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson33 min
Jul 8, 7:51 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDYuma24 min
Jul 8, 7:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDKit Carson3 hr
Jul 8, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne25 min
Jul 8, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne32 min
Jul 8, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy17 min
Jul 8, 9:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDRed Willow8 hr
Jul 8, 10:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow32 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.