Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1997, 5:11 PM CDT for Decatur 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
- Jun 24, 1997, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1997, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County Decatur County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 24, 5:16 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Norcatur, 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 24, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1298 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KGLD 242210 RRA SVRGLD KSC039-242245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 411 PM MDT (511 PM CDT) TUE JUN 24 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EASTERN DECATUR COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS * UNTIL 545 PM CDT (445 PM MDT) * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED NORCATUR AROUND 525 PM CDT * AT 510 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF NORTON OR 3 MILES SOUTH OF NORCATUR MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. DH/KL
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 24, 3:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 229 PM MDT (329 PM CDT) TUE JUN 24 1997 ...FCST PROBLEM IS THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TNGT... EARLIER ANTICIPATED CONVECTION NOT IN SWING THIS AFTN...AS COOLER AIR HAS BEEN ADVECTING IN AT THE SURFACE ALL DAY IN THE WEST...AND LOW CLOUDS REMAINED IN THE EAST THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTN. THUS... INSTABILITY PROBABLY DID NOT MAX OUT AS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ADAPS AND RECENT ANALYSES SHOW COVERGENCE ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM EAST OF MCCOOK TO HILL CITY TO GARDEN CITY. SATELLITE SHOWS WIDESPREAD CU THROUGH THIS REGION...AND RADAR JUST NOW SHOWING RETURNS JUST NW HILL CITY. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA OF FRONTOGENESIS THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND TO ENHANCE WITH WEAK UPPER WAVE...APPARANTLY NOW TRIGGERING STORMS IN SE CO. EXPECT CONVECTION TO ADVECT IN FROM ERN CO IN OUR WRN ZONES. WILL INCLUDE PSBLE SRV METION IN ERN/SRN ZONES WITH PSBL HVY RAIN. ETA MODEL APPEARED TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THE SURFACE FEATURES TODAY...PLACING A LOW OVER FAR SE CO/SW KS. THIS VERIFIED WELL WITH THE 18Z ANALYSIS. THE NGM/AND MODELS HAD THE LOW CENTER FARTHER NE. WILL LEAN ON THE ETA FOR SURFACE FLOW AND EXPECT OVERNIGHT LOW CLOUDS/FOG TO DEVELOP IN UPSLOP FLOW OVER MOST OF THE AREA. WITH CLOUDS EXPECTED TO HANG IN MOST OF THE DAY TMRW...AM GOING TO STICK CLOSE TO FWC COOL HIGHS AROUND 75. PRECIP TNGT COULD BE HEAVY IN PLACES MAINLY ALONG CWA/S SERN FRINGE...REF 92E...AND WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN THAT VCNTY. GLD 059/077/057/089 7-2 HLC 061/079/058/090 822 CBK 059/077/057/090 7-2 MCK 057/077/057/090 6-2 TRB 061/079/058/090 7-2 ITR 059/078/057/088 7-2 STAVISH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:23 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-250330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 327 PM MDT (427 PM CDT) TUE JUN 24 1997 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT (11 PM CDT)... THE NORTHWEST KANSAS COUNTIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE... CHEYENNE...RAWLINS...DECATUR...NORTON...SHERMAN...THOMAS...GRAHAM... SHERIDAN...WALLACE...LOGAN...GOVE...WICHITA AND GREELEY A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINED WITH A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA WILL PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THE MOISTURE AVAILABLE IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO RESULT IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. DURING A TORNADO WATCH...BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO...CABLE TELEVISION...OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. KPL
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:05 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
COZ090>092-250410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 406 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM MDT INCLUDING YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AS A COOL FRONT MOVES INTO AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. XLARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA INCLUDING YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES. SKIPPER
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 5:06 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
COZ090>092-250410- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 406 PM MDT TUE JUN 24 1997 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 10 PM MDT INCLUDING YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AS A COOL FRONT MOVES INTO AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA INCLUDING YUMA...KIT CARSON AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES. SKIPPER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Norton | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 66 min |
| Jun 24, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Greeley | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.