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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Goodland, KS

May 5, 2023Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2023, 6:02 PM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 13 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, 2023, 6:02 PM MDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2023, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 5, 3:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2023-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 701 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2023-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
701 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 6:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDPhillips32 min
May 5, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock30 min
May 5, 8:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock47 min
May 5, 9:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDRed Willow32 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.