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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Goodland, KS

May 1, 20244 counties in Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 2024, 9:50 PM MDT for 4 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 55 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: May 1, 2024, 9:50 PM MDT (03:50 UTC)
Expired: May 1, 2024, 10:45 PM MDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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
May 1, 3:57 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 1, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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: 2345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 989 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 6.9

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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 May 1, 7:49 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 7:49 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 7:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
707 PM MDT Wed May 1 2024

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027-041-NEZ079>081-030115-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-
Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Greeley-Dundy-Hitchcock-Red Willow-
707 PM MDT Wed May 1 2024 /807 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024/

This hazardous weather outlook is for extreme southwest Nebraska...
northwest Kansas and east central Colorado.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

More widespread thunderstorms are developing north of I-70 in East-
Central Colorado, Northwest Kansas, and Southwest Nebraska this
evening. A few severe storms capable of producing large to very large
hail are possible, mainly between 7pm-3am MDT. A couple of tornadoes,
damaging winds, and locally heavy rainfall will also be possible in
those areas.

A few thunderstorms may develop in northwest Kansas late this
afternoon south of Interstate 70 and east of Highway 25. A Tornado
Watch is in effect for Logan, Gove, and Wichita counties until
Midnight CDT. An isolated supercell is possible, mainly between 4-8
PM MDT, capable of producing large hail, damaging winds, and perhaps
a tornado.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

Scattered thunderstorms are anticipated to develop over portions of
northeast Colorado and northwest Kansas Friday afternoon. Severe
storms capable of producing damaging winds are possible, mainly late
Friday afternoon and Friday evening, as storms increase in coverage
and track southeast toward southwestern and south-central Kansas.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required.

KSZ028-029-042-030115-
Logan-Gove-Wichita-
807 PM CDT Wed May 1 2024

This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest Kansas.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

A few thunderstorms may develop in northwest Kansas late this
afternoon south of Interstate 70 and east of Highway 25. A Tornado
Watch is in effect for Logan, Gove, and Wichita counties until
Midnight CDT. An isolated supercell is possible, mainly between 4-8
PM MDT, capable of producing large hail, damaging winds, and perhaps
a tornado.

More widespread thunderstorms are developing north of I-70 in East-
Central Colorado, Northwest Kansas, and Southwest Nebraska this
evening. A few severe storms capable of producing large to very large
hail are possible, mainly between 7pm-3am MDT. A couple of tornadoes,
damaging winds, and locally heavy rainfall will also be possible in
those areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

Scattered thunderstorms are anticipated to develop over portions of
northeast Colorado and northwest Kansas Friday afternoon. Severe
storms capable of producing damaging winds are possible, mainly late
Friday afternoon and Friday evening, as storms increase in coverage
and track southeast toward southwestern and south-central Kansas.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 9:25 PM MDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 9:31 PM MDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 9:36 PM MDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 9:38 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 9:40 PM MDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 9:49 PM MDT, 1 minute 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
May 1, 6:21 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	24 min
May 1, 6:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Gove	67 min
May 1, 6:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Cheyenne	64 min
May 1, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Gove	44 min
May 1, 7:23 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	52 min
May 1, 7:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	60 min
May 1, 7:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Cheyenne	32 min
May 1, 8:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	38 min
May 1, 8:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Decatur	36 min
May 1, 8:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Sherman	60 min
May 1, 8:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Rawlins	27 min
May 1, 8:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Logan, Sheridan, Thomas	63 min
May 1, 9:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	22 min
May 1, 9:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Rawlins	28 min
May 1, 9:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	GLD	Sheridan	23 min
May 1, 9:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Decatur, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	65 min
May 1, 9:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	52 min
May 1, 10:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Graham, Norton	44 min
May 1, 10:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace	45 min
May 1, 10:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove, Greeley, Logan, Sheridan, Wallace, Wichita	65 min
May 1, 10:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	19 min
May 1, 11:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	31 min
May 1, 6:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	45 min
May 1, 6:20 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Yuma	25 min
May 1, 6:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	56 min
May 1, 6:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Yuma	25 min
May 1, 6:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	GLD	Yuma	44 min
May 1, 6:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	35 min
May 1, 7:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson, Yuma	48 min
May 1, 7:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Kit Carson	29 min
May 1, 7:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Dundy	35 min
May 1, 8:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Red Willow	17 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.