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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Goodland, KS

April 28, 20199 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2019, 7:02 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 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
Apr 28, 2019, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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
Apr 28, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2019-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 442 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 2019-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 293 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
442 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-299 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
432 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 Apr 28, 6:40 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 6:40 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 3:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
246 PM MDT Sun Apr 28 2019

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-291200-
Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-
Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-
Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
246 PM MDT Sun Apr 28 2019 /346 PM CDT Sun Apr 28 2019/

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

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

Scattered afternoon thunderstorms over northeast Colorado and
southwest Nebraska will become more numerous as storms move into
northwest Kansas during the evening hours. Isolated severe storms
with large hail, damaging winds, and localized heavy rain are
possible across the entire forecast area this afternoon and evening
with scattered severe storms possible as they move into the region
east of a line from from Russell Springs to Norton, Kansas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

A wintry mix of precipitation is expected Monday night into Tuesday
morning. There will be the possibility of light ice accumulation
across eastern Colorado.

As precipitation moves out of the region and skies begin to clear
out Wednesday night into Thursday morning, there will be a
possibility of frost forming northwest of a line from Kit Carson,
Colorado to McCook, Nebraska.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required through this evening.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
411 PM MDT SUN APR 28 2019

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

0403 PM     TORNADO          6 SW EDSON              39.28N 101.62W
04/28/2019                   SHERMAN            KS   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF A SECOND TORNADO. DO NOT
            KNOW IF STILL ON THE GROUND SINCE PERSON WAS
            DRIVING TOWARD TOWN FOR SHELTER.

&&

MB
Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
422 PM MDT SUN APR 28 2019

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

0414 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NW WRAY               40.10N 102.25W
04/28/2019  E58 MPH          YUMA               CO   MESONET

            58 MPH GUST FROM THE WRAY AWOS.

&&

MB
Local storm report, Apr 28, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
439 PM MDT SUN APR 28 2019

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

0338 PM     HAIL             13 S WHEELER            39.57N 101.70W
04/28/2019  E2.00 INCH       CHEYENNE           KS   PUBLIC

            TIME APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR. UP TO 2 INCH
            HAIL REPORTED NEAR HWY 27 AT THE
            SHERMAN/CHEYENNE COUNTY LINE.

&&
Local storm report, Apr 28, 6:02 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
502 PM MDT SUN APR 28 2019

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

0423 PM     HAIL             11 W WINONA             39.06N 101.46W
04/28/2019  E1.00 INCH       LOGAN              KS   PUBLIC

            UP TO 1 INCH HAIL OBSERVED WEST OF WINONA.
            LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM RADAR. LASTED 5
            MINUTES.

&&
Local storm report, Apr 28, 6:08 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
508 PM MDT SUN APR 28 2019

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

0503 PM     HAIL             2 N RUSSELL SPRINGS     38.94N 101.18W
04/28/2019  E1.00 INCH       LOGAN              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            UP TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED.

&&
Local storm report, Apr 28, 6:34 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Logan56 min
Apr 28, 10:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2019Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 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.