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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Goodland, KS

May 6, 2024Graham County, Norton County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2024, 12:32 PM CDT for Graham County, Norton County, Kansas. It was in force for 28 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 6, 2024, 12:32 PM CDT (17:32 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Graham County, KS, Norton County, KS

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 6, 11:34 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 553 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 303 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 381 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

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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 6, 12:20 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 12:20 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 12:15 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1115 AM MDT Mon May 6 2024

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-071715-
Yuma-Kit Carson-Cheyenne-Rawlins-Decatur-Norton-Sherman-Thomas-
Sheridan-Graham-Wallace-Logan-Gove-Greeley-Wichita-Dundy-Hitchcock-
Red Willow-
1115 AM MDT Mon May 6 2024 /1215 PM CDT Mon May 6 2024/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

Strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to move across the
eastern portions of the outlook area this morning and into the next
few hours. Gusty winds and some hail will be the main concerns with
any storms. An isolated tornado cannot be entirely ruled out.
Additionally, there may be some patchy blowing dust being kicked up
ahead of any storms due to gusty winds.

A plume of blowing dust will be possible from around sunrise to 3 PM
MDT, impacting portions of Cheyenne and Kit Carson counties in
Colorado, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace, Logan, Greeley, and Wichita
counties. Should the plume develop, the primary hazards will be sharp
reductions in visibility and poor air quality close to the source
region. As the dust gets further away from the source, visibility
issues are not expected to be as much of a concern.

A Red Flag Warning is in effect from 9 AM to 8 PM MDT today for
Cheyenne and Kit Carson counties in Colorado, as well as Sherman,
Wallace, Logan, Greeley, and Wichita counties.

A Blowing Dust Advisory remains in effect until 2PM MDT for Kit
Carson and Cheyenne counties in Colorado and Sherman and Wallace
counties in Kansas. Visibilities may be reduced to around 1 mile near
any source regions for blowing dust.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

A Fire Weather Watch is in effect Tuesday afternoon for Cheyenne
County in Colorado, as well as Wallace, Logan, Greeley, and Wichita
counties.

Near critical fire weather conditions are forecast south of
Interstate 70 Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be needed through early this afternoon.
Please report any severe weather or blowing dust and visibility
reductions to the National Weather Service. Please report any
wildfires to local law enforcement.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 10:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
928 AM MDT Mon May 6 2024

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

0916 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 E Arapahoe            38.85N 102.13W
05/06/2024  M54 MPH          Cheyenne           CO   Mesonet

            Mesonet station UP694 2.2 E Arapahoe (UPR).

&&

TT

Local storm report, May 6, 10:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
938 AM MDT Mon May 6 2024

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

0926 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 E Arapahoe            38.85N 102.13W
05/06/2024  M55 MPH          Cheyenne           CO   Mesonet

            Mesonet station UP694 2.2 E Arapahoe (UPR).

&&

TT

Local storm report, May 6, 11:13 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1013 AM MDT Mon May 6 2024

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

0953 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 5 S Burlington          39.24N 102.28W
05/06/2024  M56 MPH          Kit Carson         CO   ASOS

&&

JTL

Local storm report, May 6, 12:01 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1101 AM MDT Mon May 6 2024

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

1101 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 1 NNE Goodland          39.37N 101.70W
05/06/2024  M58 MPH          Sherman            KS   ASOS

            ASOS station KGLD Goodland.

&&

TT

Local storm report, May 6, 12:19 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1119 AM MDT Mon May 6 2024

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

1037 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 5 S Burlington          39.24N 102.28W
05/06/2024  M60 MPH          Kit Carson         CO   ASOS

&&

JTL

Local storm report, May 6, 12:20 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Goodland KS
1120 AM MDT Mon May 6 2024

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

1119 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 1 NNE Goodland          39.37N 101.70W
05/06/2024  E60 MPH          Sherman            KS   ASOS

&&

JTL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 3:26 AM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Wallace, Wichita	12 hr
May 6, 3:26 AM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Greeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita	18 hr
May 6, 10:42 AM CDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	GLD	Sherman, Wallace	4 hr
May 6, 10:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Gove, Graham, Norton, Sheridan	76 min
May 6, 11:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Decatur, Norton	64 min
May 6, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Graham, Norton	45 min
May 6, 1:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Gove	32 min
May 6, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	GLD	Graham	33 min
May 6, 3:00 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	GLD	Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more	29 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.