Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1997, 2:51 AM CDT for Gove 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 2, 1997, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1997, 3:55 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Gove County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:00 AM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Gove, 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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895 WUUS1 KGLD 020752 RRA SVRGLD KSC063-020855- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 151 AM MDT MON JUN 2 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS * UNTIL 355 AM CDT (255 AM MDT) * TAKE COVER IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA. * AT 250 AM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 26 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCOTT CITY OR 12 MILES EAST OF THE MONUMENT ROCKS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS 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 Jun 1, 10:51 PM CDT, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 10:51 PM CDT, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 951 PM MDT (1051 PM CDT) SUN JUN 1 1997 HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE SEVERE WORDING. LARGE CLUSTER OF TSTMS MOVING EAST OUT OF NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA. OTHER STORMS OVER EASTERN COLORADO WERE MOVING EAST. IN GENERAL...THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE PRODUCED ONLY SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. MESO ANALYSIS SHOWS STORMS MOVG INTO MUCH LOWER THETA E VALUES. ALSO...WITH LOSS OF HEATING...EXPECT RISK OF SVR WEATHER WILL REMAIN SLIM. GLD 057/074/055/078 554 HLC 059/079/057/080 343 CBK 058/076/056/079 554 MCK 058/075/055/078 554 TRB 058/078/057/081 443 ITR 056/076/055/079 543 SKIPPER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 10:05 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
COZ090-091-020340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 905 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 1997 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR YUMA AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES IN EASTERN COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THIS EVENING AND INTO THE HIGH PLAINS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN COLORADO THIS EVENING... HOWEVER THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY...HOWEVER AT THIS TIME SEVERE WEATHER DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREAT. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT OVER YUMA AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MATHEWSON/VOJTESAK
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 11:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
COZ092-020535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1032 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 1997 ...A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN CHEYENNE COLORADO COUNTY... WEATHER RADAR A 1027 PM INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE TOWN OF WILD HORSE IN WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. SKIPPER
Special weather statement, Jun 1, 11:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
COZ092-020535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1032 PM MDT SUN JUN 1 1997 ...A CLUSTER OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN CHEYENNE COLORADO COUNTY... WEATHER RADAR A 1027 PM INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE TOWN OF WILD HORSE IN WESTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. SKIPPER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Sheridan | 65 min |
| Jun 2, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Rawlins | 64 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.