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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Goodland, KS

June 25, 1997Decatur County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1997, 8:17 PM CDT for Decatur County, Kansas. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1997, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1997, 9:20 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Decatur County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 8:49 PM CDTHail 1Oberlin, KS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1997-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1043 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1997-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
1043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 260117 RRA
SVRGLD
KSC039-260220-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
717 PM MDT (817 PM CDT) WED JUN 25 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 920 PM CDT (820 PM MDT)
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  HWY 36...7 MILES WEST OF OBERLIN        AROUND 835 PM CDT
  OBERLIN                                 AROUND 840 PM CDT
  10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OBERLIN           AROUND 900 PM CDT
  HWY 83...8 MILES SOUTH OF OBERLIN       AROUND 910 PM CDT

* AT 815 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF OBERLIN MOVING SOUTH AT
  15 MPH.  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH EXTEND 10 TO 15 MILES AHEAD OF
  THESE STORMS.

SINCE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE...A TORNADO MAY OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING
DURING THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  HAVE A PLAN READY AND MOVE QUICKLY
TO YOUR TORNADO SHELTER IF A TORNADO IS SIGFHTED OR HEARD.

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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 Jun 25, 3:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 3:40 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED TYPOS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
240 PM MDT (340 PM CDT) WED JUN 25 1997

...FORECAST PROBLEM WILL BE TSTM CHANCES FIRST THREE PERIODS
FOLLOWED BY AMOUNT OF WARMUP...

BASED ON INITIALIZATION...SATL...AND UPR AIR ANAL...PREFER NGM/AVN
THROUGH PERIOD WITH AVN DOING BETTER AT THE SFC. BLV 12Z MODEL RUN
WAS AFFECTED BY NO RAOBS IN KEY LOCATIONS THIS MORNING...SLC...RIW...
AND ABQ. SLC AND RIW WERE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO INCMG S/W. MODELS DO
CATCH SOMETHING INITIALLY...HOWEVER DO NOT REALLY BRING IN ANYTHING
THIS AFTERNOON/THIS EVENING WITH THAT FEATURE. ALSO VERY WK VORT MAX
OVR NM THAT COULD COME UP IN SLY FLOW...AND CAUSE PROBLEMS.

BASED ON SATL AND PLAN PROFILER WINDS...A FAIRLY STRONG S/W WILL BE
COMG THRU FM THE WEST. WITH THE DARKENING SEEN ON SATL WITH THIS
FEATURE...WOULD NOT BE SUPRISED IF A GOOD COOL POOL WITH THIS
FEATURE. THIS FEATURE ALONG WITH NMRS SFC BOUNDERIES AND VERY
MOIST/UNSTABLE AMS IN PLACE...HAS CAUSED TSTMS ALONG FRONT RANGE
INTO NE PHANDLE. EVEN THOUGH MISSED ABV S/W NGM QPF FOR 00Z
DOES CATCH TSTM ACTIVITY NICELY OVER NE.

BASED ON ABV...BLV ALL MODELS DO NOT BRING IN STRONG ENOUGH S/W FOR
TONIGHT SO WILL GO CLOSER TO HIR AVN POPS FOR TON. GOOD PROFILE FOR
SVR STORMS WITH WATCH ALREADY OUT IN CO. WILL MENTION PSBL SVR
IN NEXT TWO COLUMNS OF CNTYS. BASED ON VVEL...FORCG...AND THETA
PROGS...STORMS WILL GO ALL NIGHT WITH SOME LINGERING OVER IN EASTERN
6 COUNTIES TMRW MRNG.

LEE TROF SHAPES AGAIN TMRW WITH GROUND WET FROM RECENT RAINS AND
WINDS NOT PUSHING OUT LOW LVL MSTR IN PLACE. DYNAMICS ARE WEAKER
TMRW/TMRW NIGHT WITH A LTL WARMER 700 MB TEMPS. WL GO LOW CHANCE
POPS OVER ENTIRE CWA BASED ON ABV.

NGM MOS WAS A LITTLE WARM TODAY BUT NOT TOO FAR OFF. WITH STAGNANT
PATTERN IN PLACE...NGM MOS DOES NOT DO TOO BAD. HWVR...BLV WITH
CURRENT AIR PATTERN IN PLACE...NGM LOOKS TO BE PUSHING LEE TROF TOO
FAR EAST AND OVERDOING WARMING. BASED ON ALL FACTORS...WL STICK
CLOSE TO GUIDANCE AND MAYBE SHADE A DEGREE OR TWO LOWER. NGM MOS
MINS DOING WELL FM YDA...AND BASED ON WINDS/EXPECTED CLD COVER THOSE
ALSO LOOK RSNBL.

GLD  061/087/062/093 522  HLC  063/089/067/095 422
CBK  062/088/063/093 522  MCK  063/089/065/095 422
TRB  059/089/061/094 522  ITR  060/087/062/094 622

BULLER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 2:39 PM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
COZ090>092-260200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
139 PM MDT WED JUN 25 1997

...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO UNTIL 8 PM MDT...

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED...IN EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO...YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE.

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WITH AN APPROACHING SHORT WAVE FROM THE
WEST WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

PERSONS IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION AND
TELEVISION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LUCAS
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before
COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-NEZ079>081-260255-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
352 PM MDT (452 PM CDT) WED JUN 25 1997

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 525 IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST KANSAS
AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA UNTIL 10 PM CDT (9 PM MDT)...

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 523 REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 8 PM MDT...

STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORNADOES...HAVE
DEVELOPED NORTH AND WEST OF THE AREA.  THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING AND PASS THROUGH THE AREA.  THE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...BRIEF
TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 525 IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
SHARON SPRINGS TO WAKEENEY AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
GOODLAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY...

IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...DUNDY...HITCHCOCK...AND RED WILLOW

IN NORTHWEST KANSAS...

     CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...DECATUR... NORTON
     SHERMAN... THOMAS... SHERIDAN...GRAHAM
     WALLACE... LOGAN...  AND GOVE

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 523 CONTINUES UNTIL 8 PM MDT FOR YUMA...KIT
CARSON...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

THE KEY TO SURVIVAL IS ADVANCED PLANNING.  YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE
THE SAFEST AREAS OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS ARE...SUCH AS INTERIOR
ROOMS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.

IF YOU OBSERVE HAIL OF DIME SIZE OR LARGE...WINDS OF 60 MPH OR
MORE...OR A TORNADO PLEASE NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
GOODLAND.

ENTWISTLE
Local storm report, Jun 25, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
549 PM MDT (649 PM CDT) WED JUN 25 1997

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0517 PM    18 N YUMA                 CO   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/25/97   YUMA                           7 MILES WEST OF CLARKVILLE

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDCheyenne60 min
Jun 25, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins66 min
Jun 25, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman65 min
Jun 25, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDThomas63 min
Jun 25, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDThomas65 min
Jun 25, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDRawlins33 min
Jun 25, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan67 min
Jun 25, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton64 min
Jun 25, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace62 min
Jun 25, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan64 min
Jun 25, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur49 min
Jun 25, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGraham62 min
Jun 25, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove62 min
Jun 25, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDWallace35 min
Jun 25, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSheridan36 min
Jun 25, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDNorton64 min
Jun 25, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley63 min
Jun 25, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDGreeley34 min
Jun 25, 11:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGLDGreeley3 hr

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.