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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2020, 7:20 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 71 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 9, 2020, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2020, 8:31 PM CDT
- In force
- 71 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Gove County, KS, Logan County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1448 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
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 9, 6:52 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 6:52 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 230 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2020 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-101200- Yuma County-Kit Carson County-Cheyenne County-Cheyenne-Rawlins- Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove- Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow- 230 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2020 /330 PM CDT Sun Aug 9 2020/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Heat index values of 100 to 103 degrees are expected this afternoon along and east of a line from Trenton to Colby and Leoti. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are expected along and east of a line from Wray to Kit Carson Colorado through 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT). The primary threats with any storms will be wind gusts to 70 mph, hail up to the size of golf balls, and a brief period of locally heavy rainfall which could create flash flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... There is a Marginal Risk of severe thunderstorms along the Colorado Kansas border area Tuesday afternoon and evening. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 9, 5:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
408 PM MDT SUN AUG 9 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0347 PM HAIL 15 S EDSON 39.12N 101.51W
08/09/2020 E0.88 INCH WALLACE KS PUBLIC
HAIL PEA TO NICKEL IN SIZE. TIME ESTIMATED
BY RADAR AND CALLER INFORMATION.
&&
KMKSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Goodland KS 440 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2020 KSZ027-041-092330- Wallace KS-Greeley KS- 440 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN WALLACE AND NORTHERN GREELEY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT... At 439 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an isolated thunderstorm 12 miles south of Weskan, or 15 miles southwest of Sharon Springs, moving east at 10 mph. Wind gusts up to 55 mph are possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southern Wallace and northern Greeley Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If you see an advancing wall of dust, do not drive into it. Blowing dust can quickly reduce visibility which can result in deadly traffic accidents, chain collisions and massive pileups. && LAT...LON 3858 10204 3880 10204 3886 10158 3857 10157 TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 266DEG 8KT 3869 10187 Vincent
Local storm report, Aug 9, 5:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
441 PM MDT SUN AUG 9 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL 11 WNW WINONA 39.10N 101.43W
08/09/2020 E0.25 INCH LOGAN KS PUBLIC
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
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KMKSpecial weather statement, Aug 9, 6:33 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wichita | 40 min |
| Aug 9, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 8:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 13 min |
| Aug 10, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 42 min |
| Aug 10, 11:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 11:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 23 min |
| Aug 10, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Logan, Thomas, Wallace | 65 min |
| Aug 10, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 23 min |
| Aug 10, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan, Thomas | 43 min |
| Aug 9, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 69 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.