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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Goodland, KS

June 14, 1995Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1995, 6:00 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1995, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1995, 6:38 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greeley County, KS, Wallace County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 181 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1995-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 150001 RRA
SVRGLD
KSC071-199-150105-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
600 PM MDT WED JUN 14 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 705 PM MDT (805 PM CDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

   ...NORTHERN GREELEY COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN WALLACE COUNTY
 
AT 559 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY GOODLAND
DOPPLER RADAR 14 MILES NORTH OF TRIBUNE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH.
THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

TURNER

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 Jun 14, 2:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
220 PM MDT (320 PM CDT) WED JUN 14 1995

MODELS ARE SIMILAR WITH PLAINS RIDGE SLOWLY MOVING EAST OVER NEXT 48
HOURS.  I CONTINUE TO PREFER ETA SURFACE FEATURES GIVEN ITS BETTER
PERFORMANCE WITH POSITIONING OF WEAK LEE TROUGH THROUGH AND NEAR THE
CWA.

MODELS CONTINUE TO UNDERESTIMATE INSTABILITY AS THEY DO NOT HANDLE
THE POOLING OF SURFACE MOISTURE ALONG WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARIES.
LATEST MODIFICATION OF 12Z NORTH PLATTE /LBF/ SOUNDING USING 18Z
MCCOOK /MCK/ SURFACE OB INDICATED LIFTED INDEX OF -13 AND CAPE
AROUND 5600 J/KG.  ADAP SHOWS CAP WEAKEST OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...BUT I WONDER HOW LONG THE CAP WILL LAST OVER THE NORTH
PART OF CWA THIS LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  1745Z VISIBLE IMAGE
INDICATES CU FORMING ALONG NORTH-SOUTH LINE JUST EAST OF GOODLAND
OFFICE AND LOCAL MESOSCALE ANALYSIS SHOWS BEST MOISTURE FLUX
CONVERGENCE ALONG KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER AND ON LINE FROM OBERLIN
/KSZ003/ TO GOVE /KSZ029/.

GUIDANCE MAX TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE...BUT MINS OVER WESTERN CWA HAVE
BEEN LOWER THAN GUIDANCE THE PAST COUPLE OF NIGHTS.  I WILL CONTINUE
THIS TREND AND CONTINUE 10 TO 20 POPS FOR NORTHERN CWA SITES.

GLD 60/93 11  HLC 64/93 1-
CBK 62/94 11  MCK 63/92 21
TRB 57/94 --  5C0 59/94 11

ENTWISTLE

Nearby

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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.