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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2023, 3:57 PM CDT for Graham County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 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
- Jul 22, 2023, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2023, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 810 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1233 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
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 Jul 22, 3:40 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:40 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 1036 AM MDT Sat Jul 22 2023 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-231645- Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas- Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock- Red Willow- 1036 AM MDT Sat Jul 22 2023 /1136 AM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms from around 3 PM MDT (4 PM CDT) through 9 PM MDT (10 PM CDT) for locations generally east of a line from McCook, Nebraska, to Tribune, Kansas, with a Marginal Risk further west. The primary hazards will be large hail and damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... The Tri-State Area has heat indices reaching into the triple digits generally along and east of Kansas Highway 25 Monday through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 22, 1:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1204 PM MDT Sat Jul 22 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0229 PM Hail 7 N Marienthal 38.59N 101.21W
07/20/2023 E1.75 inch Wichita KS Public
Delayed report. Caller reported hail to at
least Golf Ball in size.
&&
KAKSpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 3:12 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
312 PM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023
KSZ004-222045-
Norton KS-
312 PM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Norton
County through 345 PM CDT...
At 311 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles south of Hendley, or 13 miles north of Norton, moving south at
30 mph. An additional storm is located over Beaver City and moving
south towards Norton County.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Norton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Goodland.
&&
LAT...LON 3982 10005 4000 10006 4000 9962 3981 9963
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 346DEG 28KT 4003 9994
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TriggLocal storm report, Jul 22, 3:43 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 25 min |
| Jul 22, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Graham | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wallace | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 17 min |
| Jul 22, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 16 min |
| Jul 22, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 12 min |
| Jul 22, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Greeley | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 34 min |
| Jul 22, 5:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 15 min |
| Jul 22, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley, Wallace | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 17 min |
| Jul 22, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 6:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 23 min |
| Jul 22, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 18 min |
| Jul 22, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 63 min |
| Jul 22, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Wallace | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 63 min |
| Jul 22, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 26 min |
| Jul 22, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 22 min |
| Jul 22, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 26 min |
| Jul 22, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Red Willow | 30 min |
| Jul 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 14 min |
| Jul 22, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 52 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.