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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Goodland, KS

July 22, 2023Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2023, 4:30 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas; Cheyenne County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 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, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2023, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, CO, Greeley County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1164 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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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, 2:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 10:36 AM MDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before

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

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:14 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:18 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:21 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:24 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:26 PM MDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:30 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
530 PM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023

KSZ001-222245-
Cheyenne KS-
530 PM CDT Sat Jul 22 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Cheyenne County in northwestern Kansas through 545 PM CDT...

At 530 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of St. Francis, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  St. Francis around 545 PM CDT.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3993 10193 3994 10178 3971 10164 3973 10198
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 354DEG 19KT 3987 10185

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Trigg

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	33 min
Jul 22, 2:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Norton	40 min
Jul 22, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	25 min
Jul 22, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	63 min
Jul 22, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	46 min
Jul 22, 3:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Graham	40 min
Jul 22, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	47 min
Jul 22, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	34 min
Jul 22, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	17 min
Jul 22, 4:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	36 min
Jul 22, 4:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Logan	16 min
Jul 22, 4:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	12 min
Jul 22, 4:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Greeley	24 min
Jul 22, 4:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	34 min
Jul 22, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	15 min
Jul 22, 4:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	39 min
Jul 22, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	17 min
Jul 22, 4:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	48 min
Jul 22, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	23 min
Jul 22, 5:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	18 min
Jul 22, 5:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	54 min
Jul 22, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Greeley	63 min
Jul 22, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Wallace	30 min
Jul 22, 5:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	63 min
Jul 22, 5:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Decatur, Sheridan	31 min
Jul 21, 10:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	36 min
Jul 22, 4:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	26 min
Jul 22, 4:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	22 min
Jul 22, 3:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	27 min
Jul 22, 3:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	26 min
Jul 22, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	30 min
Jul 22, 4:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Hitchcock	14 min
Jul 22, 4:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Hitchcock	52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 2023 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.