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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Goodland, KS

June 21, 1998Sherman County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1998, 7:40 PM MDT for Sherman County, Kansas. It was in force for 65 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 21, 1998, 7:40 PM MDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1998, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Goodland, KS
Area
Whole counties

County Sherman County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 2 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 8:08 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 51Goodland, KSAlso, 62 mph wind at Goodland Airport at 1912 MST and 66 mph at Goodland CATV (2S of Goodland at 1918 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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 21, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1998-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -167 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2295 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
-261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 220140 RRA
SVRGLD
KSC181-220245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
740 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SHERMAN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN KANSAS

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 738 PM MDT... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF BURLINGTON OR 4 MILES WEST OF
  KANORADO MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  KANORADO                                AROUND 750 PM MDT
  RULETON                                 AROUND 815 PM MDT
  9 MILES SOUTH OF RULETON                AROUND 815 PM MDT
  THE NORTHnERN SUN-ADM PLANT              AROUND 820 PM MDT
  GOODLAND                                AROUND 825 PM MDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

SBN/EJM

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 21, 2:22 PM MDT, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 2:22 PM MDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...COORDINATION UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
222 PM MDT (322 PM CDT) SUN JUN 21 1998

...SVR TSTMS AND LOCALIZED FLDNG TNGT ARE MN CONCERNS...

ONLY CHANGE TO DRAFT ZONES WILL BE TO INCREASE THE RANGE OF HIGH
TEMPS FOR NW KS COUNTIES TO INCLUDE LOWER TO MID 90S SO TO BLEND
BETTER WITH DDCS COUNTIES.  NO OTHER CHANGES ARE SLATED ATTM.

.GLD...NONE

VJN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:08 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
COZ090-220140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
708 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1998

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR YUMA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER SOUTHEAST YUMA COUNTY.
HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND SHOULD BE
OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 730 PM. AS A RESULT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR YUMA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL T.V AND RADIO
STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

MARTELLO
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:08 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
COZ090-220140-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
708 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1998

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR YUMA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER SOUTHEAST YUMA COUNTY.
HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND SHOULD BE
OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 730 PM. AS A RESULT...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH FOR YUMA COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL T.V AND RADIO
STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

MARTELLO
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 7:10 PM MDT, 30 minutes before
-COZ091-092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-
220405-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
709 PM MDT (809 PM CDT) SUN JUN 21 1998

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT (1 AM
   MDT) FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...ALL OF EXTREME
   SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS...

CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 633 HAS BEEN POSTED FOR CHEYENNE
AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...ALL OF EXTREME
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND ALL OF NORTHWEST KANSAS UNTIL 1 AM MDT (2
AM CDT) MONDAY MORNING.

SOME CITIES IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE...
BURLINGTON...CHEYENNE WELLS...MCCOOK...TRENTON...GOODLAND...COLBY...
OBERLIN...NORTON...HILL CITY...TRIBUNE AND LEOTI.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 633 REPLACES SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 631...WHICH COVERED MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS
SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace62 min
Jun 21, 8:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas61 min
Jun 21, 9:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove64 min
Jun 21, 10:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove33 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.