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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Goodland, KS

June 29, 1997Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1997, 5:36 PM MDT for Greeley County, Wallace County, Kansas. It was in force for 64 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 29, 1997, 5:36 PM MDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 1997, 6:40 PM MDT
In force: 64 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 23:40 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 29, 6:49 PM MDT	Hail 1	Sharon Spgs, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 29, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 29, 2:23 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:23 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:55 PM MDT, 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 1:12 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	48 min
Jun 29, 1:26 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	34 min
Jun 29, 2:54 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Gove	61 min
Jun 29, 3:25 AM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Gove	35 min
Jun 29, 5:29 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Sherman	61 min
Jun 29, 5:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	48 min
Jun 28, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	32 min
Jun 28, 7:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	33 min
Jun 28, 8:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	62 min
Jun 28, 10:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	66 min
Jun 28, 11:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Yuma	46 min
Jun 29, 4:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	62 min
Jun 29, 5:19 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	GLD	Kit Carson	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kansas, 1997 Every 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.