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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2023, 5:38 PM MDT for Yuma County, Colorado; Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 52 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 5, 2023, 5:38 PM MDT (23:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2023, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Yuma County, CO, Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 1:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 5, 5:24 PM MDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 5:24 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Goodland KS 455 PM MDT Sat Aug 5 2023 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-062300- Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas- Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock- Red Willow- 455 PM MDT Sat Aug 5 2023 /555 PM CDT Sat Aug 5 2023/ This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska... northwest Kansas and east central Colorado. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... Strong to severe thunderstorms are likely through the evening. The main threat will be hail up to tennis ball in size and wind gusts up to 75 MPH. A tornado or two cannot be ruled out completely, mainly south of Firstview, CO to Wallace and Gove, KS line. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for East Central Colorado until 10 pm MT, and for Northwest Kansas and far Southwest Nebraska until 12 am MT. There is a potential for another round of strong to severe thunderstorms to develop toward midnight behind the incoming cold front. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... Strong to severe storms are possible for the late afternoon and evening hours across the entire Tri State region, for much of next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will be needed this evening. Any weather reports are greatly appreciated. JTL
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 5, 4:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 4, 6:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 33 min |
| Aug 4, 7:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 64 min |
| Aug 4, 7:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 7:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 8:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 9:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Norton | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 11:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 12:19 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 41 min |
| Aug 5, 12:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur, Rawlins | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 12:59 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Graham | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 1:11 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Decatur | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 1:14 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 1:37 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 2:09 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Rawlins | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 2:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins, Thomas | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 3:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Thomas | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 4:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 4:03 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 4:09 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 21 min |
| Aug 5, 4:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Cheyenne | 18 min |
| Aug 5, 5:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Logan, Sheridan | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 7:31 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 7:52 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 9:13 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 9:39 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 9:52 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Wallace | 53 min |
| Aug 5, 10:45 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 30 min |
| Aug 5, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne | 50 min |
| Aug 5, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sheridan | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Sherman | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 11:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 11:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 33 min |
| Aug 5, 12:49 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:21 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 2:21 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 2:48 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 2:56 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 3:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 46 min |
| Aug 5, 4:55 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Yuma | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:06 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 24 min |
| Aug 5, 8:35 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 9:41 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Kit Carson | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 4:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Yuma | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 6:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy | 23 min |
| Aug 4, 6:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Hitchcock | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 10:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 10:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 11:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 7 hr |
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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.