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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2020, 9:47 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2020, 9:47 PM MDT (03:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2020, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Sherman County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2005 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
130 WUUS53 KGLD 160347 SVRGLD KSC181-160445- /O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0021.200516T0347Z-200516T0445Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Goodland KS 947 PM MDT Fri May 15 2020 The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Sherman County in northwestern Kansas... * Until 1045 PM MDT. * At 946 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of Kanorado, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Goodland and Edson. This includes Interstate 70 in Kansas between mile markers 17 and 35. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 3928 10139 3937 10205 3957 10205 3957 10139 TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 277DEG 20KT 3947 10197 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ PATTON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 8:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 48 min |
| May 15, 10:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Sherman | 40 min |
| May 15, 11:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 33 min |
| May 16, 12:03 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley, Logan, Thomas, Wallace, Wichita | 72 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.