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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Goodland, KS

July 8, 1997Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1997, 10:03 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 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: Jul 8, 1997, 10:03 PM MDT (04:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 1997, 11:05 PM MDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Goodland, KS
Area: Whole counties

County Sherman County, KS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 8, 10:06 PM MDT	Hail 1	Goodland, KS	One inch hail also reported at NWS office at 2058 MST.

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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 090403 RRA
SVRGLD
KSC181-090505-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1003 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 1105 PM MDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  GOODLAND                                THROUGH 1010 PM MDT

* AT 1001 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF GOODLAND MOVING
  EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

BARKER

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 Jul 8, 2:15 PM MDT, 7 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 2:15 PM MDT, 7 hours 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
215 PM MDT (315 PM CDT) TUE JUL 8 1997

...PROBLEM OF DAY THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...

SOUNDINGS...SAT DERIVED PRODUCTS...ADAP...ETC HAVE AREA EXTREMELY
UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ERODING CAP. WINDS HAVE GONE UPSLOPE
WITH MORE INFLOW OF ADDITIONAL UNSTABLE AIR IN RESPONSE TO SMALL LOW
SOUTHERN PORTION OF CWA. MORNING CLOUDS AND EARLIER STORMS HAVE LEFT
SOME BOUNDARIES OVER THE AREA.

SO...WE SHOULD SEE A LOT OF CONVECTION ONCE CAP BREAKS. ALSO...OFTEN
IN THIS PATTERN STUFF THAT FORMS OVER CO BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD AS
IT MOVES INTO MORE UNSTABLE AIR DOWN THE HILL. WILL GO WELL ABOVE
GUIDANCE. SEVERE STORMS MORE PROBLEMATIC IN ABSENCE OF MUCH
SHEAR...BUT WITH CAPES AT LEAST 3500 PULSY STUFF WITH NUISANCE
SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE.

AFTER TONIGHT...DRIER WITH ALL MODELS AGREEING ABOUT RIDGE BUILDING
ALOFT AS BIG SYSTEM IN SOUTHWEST TRIES TO NUDGE THINGS EAST. WAS NOT
WILLING TO UNDERCUT 20-30 POPS WED NIGHT DUE TO UNCERTAINTY WE HAVE
HAD WITH NOCTURNAL PRECIP LATELY. FOR TEMPS MOS HAS BEEN TOO COOL
DAYS AND GOOD NIGHTS LATELY. EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE UNTIL REGIME
CHANGES MORE.

KWIATKOWSKI

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 6:48 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
648 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 1997

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

0500 PM    26 SW GOVE                KS   1.25 INCH HAIL
07/08/97   GOVE

0515 PM    1 W FLAGLER               CO   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/08/97   KIT CARSON

TURNER

Local storm report, Jul 8, 6:49 PM MDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
648 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 1997

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

0500 PM    26 SW GOVE                KS   1.25 INCH HAIL
07/08/97   GOVE

0515 PM    1 W FLAGLER               CO   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/08/97   KIT CARSON

TURNER

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:10 PM MDT, 53 minutes before

COZ090>092-090415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
910 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 1997

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 9 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST YUMA COUNTY INTO EASTERN
CHEYENNE COUNTY OF EASTERN COLORADO. ALTHOUGH...SOME SMALL HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS LINE...SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.
THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ALLOWED THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR YUMA...KIT CARSON...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES TO
EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

BARKER

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 9:11 PM MDT, 52 minutes before

COZ090>092-090415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
910 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 1997

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EXTREME EASTERN COLORADO HAS
EXPIRED...

AT 9 PM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST YUMA COUNTY INTO EASTERN
CHEYENNE COUNTY OF EASTERN COLORADO. ALTHOUGH...SOME SMALL HAIL AND
WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS LINE...SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED.
THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ALLOWED THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR YUMA...KIT CARSON...AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES TO
EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

BARKER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	65 min
Jul 8, 9:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman	61 min
Jul 8, 10:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Wallace	61 min
Jul 8, 10:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Cheyenne	48 min
Jul 8, 11:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GLD	Sherman, Thomas	64 min

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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.