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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Goodland, KS
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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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</html>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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</html>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
LundquistSpecial 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
LundquistLocal 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 19 min |
| Aug 24, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 15 min |
| Aug 24, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 13 min |
| Aug 24, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 51 min |
| Aug 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 9:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Graham, Sheridan | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Graham | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove, Graham, Sheridan | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 42 min |
| Aug 25, 12:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 1:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 20 min |
| Aug 25, 6:10 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GLD | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 24, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 52 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.