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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Goodland, KS

June 24, 1997Wichita County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1997, 9:30 PM CDT for Wichita County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 1997, 9:30 PM CDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 1997, 10:35 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Wichita County, KS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1997-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3202 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 1997-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
3202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1521 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
6.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 250230 RRA
SVRGLD
KSC203-250335-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
830 PM MDT (930 PM CDT) TUE JUN 24 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN WICHITA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1035 PM CDT (935 PM MDT)
 
* TAKE COVER IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA.

* AT 930 PM CDT...GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEOTI OR 11 MILES NORTH OF
  SELKIRK MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

SINCE A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...HAVE A PLAN READY IN CASE
A TORNADO ALSO OCCURS WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  IF YOU HEAR A
LOUD ROARING SOUND OR SEE ROTATING DEBRIS...IT MAY BE A TORNADO.

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, 6 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:29 PM CDT, 6 hours 1 minute 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, 5 hours 7 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, 4 hours 25 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, 4 hours 24 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.