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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 293, NWS Goodland, KS

August 24, 2019Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2019, 5:43 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 47 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 24, 2019, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2019, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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
Aug 24, 4:26 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2019-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2019-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-559 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 24, 2:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 2:35 PM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 4:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
429 PM MDT Sat Aug 24 2019

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-252230-
Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins-
Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-
Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
429 PM MDT Sat Aug 24 2019 /529 PM CDT Sat Aug 24 2019/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...

A Tornado Watch is in effect through 11 pm MDT this evening for the
entire Tri-State area except for Yuma county.

Areas of fog may redevelop overnight and into early Sunday morning
with visibility occasionally reduced to less than a mile.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report any severe or hazardous weather
associated with thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.

Vincent

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 24, 12:04 PM MDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 5:17 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 5:30 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 8:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne26 min
Aug 23, 9:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSherman37 min
Aug 24, 8:10 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDRawlins6 hr
Aug 24, 8:59 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchGLDDecatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 3 more19 hr
Aug 24, 9:50 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDWallace30 hr
Aug 24, 2:17 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDRawlins24 hr
Aug 24, 5:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton13 min
Aug 24, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton15 min
Aug 24, 5:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton18 min
Aug 23, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson29 min
Aug 23, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne33 min
Aug 23, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne43 min
Aug 23, 6:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningGLDCheyenne, Kit Carson4 hr
Aug 23, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne47 min
Aug 23, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDKit Carson24 min
Aug 23, 7:36 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDCheyenne24 min
Aug 23, 7:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDYuma28 min
Aug 24, 10:18 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningGLDCheyenne6 hr
Aug 23, 8:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy42 min
Aug 23, 9:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock23 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.