Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1997, 5:16 AM MDT for Greeley County, Kansas. It was in force for 34 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 14, 1997, 5:16 AM MDT (11:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1997, 5:50 AM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greeley County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:30 AM MDT | Hail 0.88 | Tribune, 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 nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 878 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 141117 RRA SVRGLD KSC071-141150- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 516 AM MDT MON JUL 14 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREELEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 550 AM MDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED RURAL RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA * AT 515 AM MDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF TRIBUNE MOVINhG NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MENTZER/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 Jul 14, 2:09 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 2:09 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 209 AM MDT (309 AM CDT) MON JUL 14 1997 NIT PICKY PACKAGE FOR THIS MORNING. SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER CWA APPARENTLY THE RESULT OF WEAK JET STREAK NOSING SOUTHEAST INTO AREA COMBINED WITH MID-LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS. PETTERSON F-FUNCTION IN ETA 700-500 MB LAYER MATCHES BEST COVERAGE OF SHOWERS. GIVEN PROGRESS OF FRONTOGENESIS AND DEGREE OF ETA COOL (ABOUT 8C) H70 POOL...WILL FOLLOW THAT MODEL FOR THIS PACKAGE. IMPRESSIVE HEIGHT AND THICKNESS INCREASES BODE WELL FOR WARMING THINGS UP...BUT SHORTWAVES IN WEST NORTHWEST FLOW PLUS TROUGHS MOVING AWAY FROM FRONT RANGE ALONG WITH INCREASE MIDDLE TO HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE MAKE THE CLOUD/TEMP FORECAST A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. MODELS ARE CURRENTLY QUITE DRY IN 600-300 MB LAYER THROUGH 48 HOURS...BUT WITH TRANSITION TO A FOUR CORNERS HIGH THEY HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO UNDERESTIMATE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE RETURN AROUND RING OF FIRE. TROPICAL MOISTURE CURRENTLY MOVING NORTH AND SPREADING WIDER THROUGH NEW MEXICO AND EASTERN ARIZONA POINT THIS OUT...PLUS UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE FROM HURRICANE ENRIQUE SHOULD BEGIN TO ARRIVE BY END OF PACKAGE. WILL KEEP THE SILENT 10 POP FOR THIRD PERIOD GIVEN THIS SCENARIO. TEMPS WILL LEAN TOWARD SLIGHTLY COOLER FAN NUMBERS TODAY GIVEN EXTRA SHOWERS AND CLOUD COVER...THEN TO FOLLOW ETA TREND TO JUMP TONIGHTS MINS 2 CATEGORIES FROM THIS MORNINGS EXPECTED MINS AND TUESDAY MAXES 4-6 DEGREES ABOVE MONDAY MAXES. POPS GENERALLY 20-5-10 ACROSS THE AREA. ENTWISTLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:21 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 6:11 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Wichita | 34 min |
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.