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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Goodland, KS

May 9, 2023Dundy County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2023, 5:19 AM MDT for Dundy County, Nebraska; Cheyenne County, Kansas. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2023, 5:19 AM MDT (11:19 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2023, 6:00 AM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 9, 6:04 AM MDTHAIL 0.88Benkelman, NETRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED HAIL UP TO NICKEL WITH PICTURE.
May 9, 6:05 AM MDTHAIL 0.88Benkelman, NEEMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED HAIL RANGING FROM DIME TO NICKEL IN SIZE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2023-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2023-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

910 
WUUS53 KGLD 091119
SVRGLD
KSC023-NEC057-091200-
/O.NEW.KGLD.SV.W.0021.230509T1119Z-230509T1200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Goodland KS
519 AM MDT Tue May 9 2023

The National Weather Service in Goodland has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Cheyenne County in northwestern Kansas...
  Eastern Dundy County in southwestern Nebraska...

* Until 600 AM MDT/700 AM CDT/.

* At 518 AM MDT/618 AM CDT/, a severe thunderstorm was located 10
  miles southwest of Benkelman, moving northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Benkelman.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4017 10132 4008 10132 4000 10140 4000 10141
      3999 10141 3981 10159 3992 10184 4028 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 1118Z 211DEG 15KT 3993 10165 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement
723 
WWUS53 KGLD 091156
SVSGLD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
556 AM MDT Tue May 9 2023

KSC023-NEC057-091206-
/O.EXP.KGLD.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-230509T1200Z/
Cheyenne KS-Dundy NE-
556 AM MDT Tue May 9 2023

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY
IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS AND EASTERN DUNDY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN
NEBRASKA WILL EXPIRE AT 600 AM MDT/700 AM CDT/...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 AM MDT/noon
CDT/ for northwestern Kansas...and southwestern Nebraska.

LAT...LON 4017 10132 4008 10132 4000 10140 4000 10141
      3999 10141 3981 10159 3992 10184 4028 10163
TIME...MOT...LOC 1156Z 211DEG 15KT 4005 10156 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy32 min
May 8, 7:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy32 min
May 9, 5:04 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDDundy26 min
May 9, 5:34 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock41 min
May 9, 6:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock45 min
May 9, 6:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow61 min
May 9, 7:19 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDHitchcock26 min
May 8, 7:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne16 min
May 8, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne15 min
May 9, 4:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDCheyenne31 min
May 9, 5:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan29 min
May 9, 5:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDLogan30 min
May 9, 5:47 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas43 min
May 9, 6:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGove29 min
May 9, 6:26 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas49 min
May 9, 7:03 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan, Thomas42 min
May 9, 7:44 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDDecatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan61 min
May 9, 8:00 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDDecatur, Rawlins, Thomas30 min
May 9, 8:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove, Graham, Sheridan93 min
May 9, 8:44 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatGLDDecatur, Norton61 min
May 9, 8:55 AM MDTTornado WarningGLDGraham, Norton35 min
May 9, 9:06 AM MDTTornado WarningGLDNorton24 min
May 9, 9:29 AM MDTTornado WarningGLDGraham31 min
May 9, 9:58 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham32 min
May 9, 10:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementGLDGraham16 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.