Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Goodland, KS

June 29, 1997Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1997, 1:12 AM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 48 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 29, 1997, 1:12 AM MDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1997, 2:00 AM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 1997-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 1997-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 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.

200 
WUUS1 KGLD 290713 RRA
SVRGLD
KSC181-290800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
112 AM MDT SUN JUN 29 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  SOUTHERN SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 200 AM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  8 MILES SOUTH OF EDSON                  AROUND 115 AM MDT
  EDSON                                   AROUND 130 AM MDT

* AT 109 AM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GOODLAND OR 7
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDSON MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. GO
INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

VOJTESAK

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 28, 8:35 PM MDT, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 8:35 PM MDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
834 PM MDT (934 PM CDT) SAT JUN 28 1997

ACTIVITY NOW OVER OUR CO COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED A LITTLE SINCE 8
PM...BUT STILL LOOKS TO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF LIFE IN IT. FURTHER
EASTERN ZONES SHOULD BE SAFE FROM TSRA OVERNIGHT NOW THAT SUN HAS
GONE DOWN AND WITH WV CURVE SUPPORTING MODELS ABOUT NO MORE DYNAMICS
TIL SUNDAY.

OTHERWISE...CONTINUITY AS EXPRESSED IN ONGOING FORECAST LOOKS GOOD
FOR FIRST PD.

SO...WILL UPDATE CDT ZONES TO GET RID OF THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE 9 PM
MDT. MDT ZONES WILL FOLLOW LATER TONIGHT ONCE CONVECTION DIES.

GLD  060/095/062/100 1220  HLC  066/097/068/102 -22-
CBK  062/097/063/101 1220  MCK  065/095/067/100 -22-
TRB  060/093/062/098 3220  ITR  058/094/060/099 2220

KWIATKOWSKI

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:55 PM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
955 PM MDT (1055 PM CDT) SAT JUN 28 1997

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

0755 PM    3 N STRATTON              CO   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/28/97   KIT CARSON                     NICKEL TO QUARTER HAIL
                                          FELL FOR TEN MINUTES

ENTWISTLE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 1:26 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace34 min
Jun 29, 2:54 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove61 min
Jun 29, 3:25 AM MDTTornado WarningGLDGove35 min
Jun 29, 5:29 PM MDTTornado WarningGLDSherman61 min
Jun 29, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGreeley, Wallace64 min
Jun 29, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace48 min

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.