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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2019, 1:06 PM MDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 38 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
- May 5, 2019, 1:06 PM MDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2019, 1:44 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -333 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1895 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 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 May 4, 5:31 PM MDT, 19 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 5:31 PM MDT, 19 hours 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 2:34 PM MDT, 22 hours 32 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 234 PM MDT Sat May 4 2019 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-052045- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 234 PM MDT Sat May 4 2019 /334 PM CDT Sat May 4 2019/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Strong to severe thunderstorms will remain possible through 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT) as thunderstorms slowly move across the entire Tri State area. Large hail up to golfball size, damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall are the primary threats with storms through the evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... An unsettled weather pattern will continue across the area through Thursday. A few rounds of severe thunderstorms are possible, mainly along and south of Interstate 70, through Tuesday. At this time, the main threats appear to be hail and heavy rain. Frost or freezing conditions are possible mainly west of the Colorado line by Friday morning. Those with outdoor interests sensitive to freezing conditions should monitor forecasts through the week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report any severe weather or heavy rain observed. JRM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 1:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wichita | 61 min |
| May 5, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 38 min |
| May 5, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 43 min |
| May 5, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 37 min |
| May 5, 4:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 26 min |
| May 5, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 32 min |
| May 5, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 9 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.