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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Goodland, KS

May 5, 20194 counties in Kansas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2019-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 12:00Z on 2019-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 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
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

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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 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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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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 1:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDWichita61 min
May 5, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Sheridan38 min
May 5, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDNorton43 min
May 5, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan37 min
May 5, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDecatur26 min
May 5, 5:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDThomas32 min
May 5, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDSheridan9 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.