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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 253, NWS Goodland, KS

July 11, 2024Cheyenne County, Kansas; Dundy County, Nebraska

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2024, 11:46 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Kansas; Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 29 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 11, 2024, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2024, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Dundy County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 291 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: 929 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

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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 11, 11:13 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 11:13 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 9:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 9:17 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
817 PM MDT Thu Jul 11 2024

COZ090-120300-
Yuma County CO-
817 PM MDT Thu Jul 11 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN YUMA COUNTY THROUGH
900 PM MDT...

At 817 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 3 miles northeast of Haxtun to 6 miles north of
Midway. Movement was southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 55 mph and torrential rainfall.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

These storms will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Yuma
County, including the following locations... Clarkville.

This includes Highway 385 between mile markers 267 and 269.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall with these storms may lead to localized
flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4044 10218 4011 10279 4035 10279 4035 10278
      4044 10278
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 322DEG 17KT 4067 10259 4032 10336

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Vincent

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 9:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 11, 11:25 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1025 PM MDT Thu Jul 11 2024

COZ090-091-KSZ001-NEZ079-120500-
Kit Carson County CO-Yuma County CO-Cheyenne KS-Dundy NE-
1025 PM MDT Thu Jul 11 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN YUMA COUNTY IN
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...NORTHWESTERN KIT CARSON COUNTY IN EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTHWESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN
KANSAS AND SOUTHWESTERN DUNDY COUNTIES IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA
THROUGH 1100 PM MDT/MIDNIGHT CDT/...

At 1024 PM MDT/1124 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles northwest of
Haigler to 6 miles west of Cope. Movement was southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. Brief locally heavy rainfall
         also possible along Highway 385 in Yuma county.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Haigler around 1040 PM MDT.

This includes Highway 385 near mile marker 210, and between mile
markers 212 and 246.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3957 10280 3986 10280 4020 10204 3994 10165
      3946 10252 3941 10290 3957 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 313DEG 13KT 4010 10204 3965 10296

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

JN

Local storm report, Jul 11, 11:33 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1033 PM MDT Thu Jul 11 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1028 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 NNW Heartstrong       39.98N 102.60W
07/11/2024  M41 MPH          Yuma               CO   Mesonet

&&

JN

Local storm report, Jul 11, 11:42 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 11, 11:44 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 12, 12:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	34 min
Jul 12, 1:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	31 min
Jul 12, 2:52 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more	55 hr
Jul 11, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	43 min
Jul 11, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	49 min
Jul 11, 11:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	35 min
Jul 12, 5:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Yuma	45 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.