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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Goodland, KS

April 15, 2024Graham County, Norton County, Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2024, 11:38 PM CDT for Graham County, Norton County, Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 37 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: Apr 15, 2024, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2024, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS, Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:41 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
Apr 15, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 2216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1932 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 20.1

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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 Apr 15, 6:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 6:45 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 11:09 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:34 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:38 PM CDT, 4 hours before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
638 PM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

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

0336 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 1 NNE Goodland          39.37N 101.70W
04/15/2024  M57 MPH          Sherman            KS   ASOS

            The ASOS in Goodland (KGLD) measured a 57
            mph (49 knot) southerly wind gust at 3:36 pm
            MDT (2136 UTC).

&&

Vincent

Local storm report, Apr 15, 8:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
704 PM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

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

0545 PM     Blowing Dust     10 NNW Brewster         39.50N 101.43W
04/15/2024                   Sherman            KS   NWS Employee

            Report of blowing dust with visibility down
            to around 1/2 mile for a minute or 2 as
            winds gusted to an estimated 50 mph.

&&

Local storm report, Apr 15, 8:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
723 PM MDT Mon Apr 15 2024

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

0452 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 9 SSE Sharon Springs    38.77N 101.68W
04/15/2024  M51 MPH          Wallace            KS   Mesonet

            Mesonet station CW6099 9 SSE Sharon Springs.

&&

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 11:32 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1132 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

KSZ015-016-029-160500-
Gove KS-Sheridan KS-Graham KS-
1132 PM CDT Mon Apr 15 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN...
NORTHEASTERN GOVE AND SOUTHWESTERN GRAHAM COUNTIES THROUGH MIDNIGHT
CDT...

At 1131 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 4
miles northeast of Quinter, moving northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Morland around 1150 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for northwestern
and west central Kansas.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 10006 3913 10015 3906 10015 3910 10031
      3946 10016 3936 9986
TIME...MOT...LOC 0431Z 208DEG 41KT 3913 10020

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Alexander

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 11:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	28 min
Apr 16, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham, Norton	51 min
Apr 16, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Norton	24 min
Apr 16, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Norton	32 min
Apr 16, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Sherman	13 min
Apr 16, 5:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	21 min
Apr 16, 7:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur, Logan, Rawlins, Thomas	34 min
Apr 16, 2:48 PM CDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	GLD	Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more	5 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.