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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Goodland, KS

June 25, 1997Sheridan County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1997, 9:54 PM CDT for Sheridan County, Kansas. It was in force for 36 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
Jun 25, 1997, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1997, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sheridan County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 25, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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°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.

850 
WUUS1 KGLD 260254 RRA
SVRGLD
KSC179-260330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
854 PM MDT (954 PM CDT) WED JUN 25 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  SOUTHEASTERN SHERIDAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT (930 PM MDT)
 
* AT 953 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS FROM STUDLEY TO PARK.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.

ENTWISTLE

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, 8:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 8:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
744 PM MDT (844 PM CDT) WED JUN 25 1997

BASED ON STATUS REPORT FROM SPC AND REFERING TO RADAR OPERATOR...
WILL LOCALLY EXTEND TORNADO WATCH FOR CHEYENNE AND KIT CARSON
COUNTIES OF COLORADO UNTIL 04Z. HOWEVER...WL LET TORNADO WATCH FOR
YUMA COUNTY EXPIRE AT 02Z.

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, 4:52 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 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, 3 hours 5 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

ENTWISTLE
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
COZ090-260250-

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

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR YUMA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8
PM MDT...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF YUMA COUNTY
BY 8 PM.  AS THE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY...THE THREAT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR YUMA
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 8 PM MDT.

SKIPPER
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
COZ090-260250-

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

...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR YUMA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8
PM MDT...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF YUMA COUNTY
BY 8 PM.  AS THE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY...THE THREAT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER WILL DIMINISH. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR YUMA
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 8 PM MDT.

SKIPPER

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, 8:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDDecatur63 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, 9:56 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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.