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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Goodland, KS

August 24, 2019Cheyenne County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2019, 7:51 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 40 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, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2019, 8:31 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cheyenne County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 00:00Z on 2019-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2019-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 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, 3:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 3:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 5:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 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, 7:10 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
610 PM MDT SAT AUG 24 2019

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

0604 PM     HAIL             5 N HILL CITY           39.44N 99.85W
08/24/2019  E0.88 INCH       GRAHAM             KS   PUBLIC

&&
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:11 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:14 PM CDT, 37 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
714 PM CDT Sat Aug 24 2019

KSZ004-250045-
Norton KS-
714 PM CDT Sat Aug 24 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTON COUNTY UNTIL
745 PM CDT...

At 714 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Almena, or 8 miles east of Norton, moving northeast at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Almena and Calvert.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for northwestern
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3975 9978 3990 9989 4000 9967 4000 9963
      3979 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 244DEG 14KT 3985 9973

Lundquist
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:30 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
730 PM CDT Sat Aug 24 2019

KSZ016-250045-
Graham KS-
730 PM CDT Sat Aug 24 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY UNTIL
745 PM CDT...

At 730 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5
miles north of Bogue, or 9 miles northeast of Hill City, moving
northeast at 25 mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bogue and Nicodemus.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for northwestern
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3932 9973 3949 9983 3957 9968 3957 9960
      3935 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 244DEG 21KT 3944 9970

Lundquist
Local storm report, Aug 24, 7:35 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
635 PM MDT SAT AUG 24 2019

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

0620 PM     HAIL             4 N HILL CITY           39.42N 99.85W
08/24/2019  E0.75 INCH       GRAHAM             KS   PUBLIC

&&
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:47 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
747 PM CDT Sat Aug 24 2019

KSZ016-250100-
Graham KS-
747 PM CDT Sat Aug 24 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN GRAHAM COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM CDT...

At 747 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Nicodemus, or 11 miles northeast of Hill City, moving east at 20 mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bogue and Nicodemus.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for northwestern
Kansas.

LAT...LON 3936 9970 3948 9974 3954 9960 3937 9960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 252DEG 16KT 3944 9964

Lundquist

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham19 min
Aug 24, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton31 min
Aug 24, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham15 min
Aug 24, 7:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham13 min
Aug 24, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur51 min
Aug 24, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton46 min
Aug 24, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWichita26 min
Aug 24, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan53 min
Aug 24, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDSheridan30 min
Aug 24, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur53 min
Aug 24, 9:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGraham, Sheridan6 hr
Aug 24, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham58 min
Aug 24, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGraham35 min
Aug 24, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan47 min
Aug 24, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan45 min
Aug 25, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham42 min
Aug 25, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham35 min
Aug 25, 1:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham20 min
Aug 25, 6:10 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryGLDCheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 3 more5 hr
Aug 24, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy52 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.