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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Goodland, KS

June 21, 1998Gove County, Kansas

NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1998, 11:42 PM CDT for Gove County, Kansas. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1998, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
33 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 04:42 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, 11:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Gove, KSWindows blown out of tractor. Large grain bin blown over.
Jun 21, 11:45 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Gove, KSPower pole and power lines downed.

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, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 1998-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1376 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 1998-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1376 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KGLD 220442 RRA
SVRGLD
KSC063-220515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1042 PM MDT (1142 PM CDT) SUN JUN 21 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GOVE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT (1115 PM MDT)

* AT 1141 PM CDT... GOODLAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTH OF QUINTER OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  GOVE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT...
  RURAL RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN THE WARNED AREA

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

MbATHEWSON/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, 11:01 PM CDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 11:01 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1001 PM MDT (1101 PM CDT) SUN JUN 21 1998

...DROPPING WATCH FOR NORTH AND WEST PORTIONS OF FA SHORTLY...

WILL BE BRIEF DUE TO ONGOING SVR WX. ATMOSPHERE STABILIZING BEHIND
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SRN AND ERN FA LATE THIS
EVENING. THUS WILL DROP WATCH COVERING CO ZONES 91-92...NE ZONES
79>81...AND KS ZONES 1-2-13. REST OF FA SHOULD BE DROPPED BY 0Z
AFTER JLINE PASSES THROUGH THIS AREA.

.GLD...SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES KS ZONES
 3-4-14>16-27>29-41-42

TURNER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 21, 8:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 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, 8:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 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
Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
910 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1998

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0902 PM    GOODLAND                  KS   59 MPH TSTM GUST
06/21/98   SHERMAN                        GOODLAND CABLE TELEVISION
                                          REPORT

0903 PM    GOODLAND                  KS   66 MPH TSTM GUST
06/21/98   SHERMAN                        GOODLAND CABLE TELEVISION
                                          REPORT

0904 PM    GOODLAND                  KS   62 MPH TSTM GUST
06/21/98   SHERMAN

SBN
Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
910 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1998

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0902 PM    GOODLAND                  KS   59 MPH TSTM GUST
06/21/98   SHERMAN                        GOODLAND CABLE TELEVISION
                                          REPORT

0903 PM    GOODLAND                  KS   66 MPH TSTM GUST
06/21/98   SHERMAN                        GOODLAND CABLE TELEVISION
                                          REPORT

0904 PM    GOODLAND                  KS   62 MPH TSTM GUST
06/21/98   SHERMAN

SBN
Local storm report, Jun 21, 10:56 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KANSAS
956 PM MDT SUN JUN 21 1998

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0954 PM    WINONA                    KS   WIND DAMAGE
06/21/98   LOGAN                          GREATER THAN ONE INCH TREE
                                          LIMBS BROKEN
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 11:03 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
COZ091-092-KSZ001-002-013-NEZ079>081-220450-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1002 PM MDT (1102 PM CDT) SUN JUN 21 1998

...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 633 HAS BEEN
   CANCELLED...

AT 958 PM MDT (1058 PM CDT)...THE ATMOSPHERE WAS BECOMING MORE STABLE
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MCCOOK TO GOODLAND TO CHEYENNE WELLS.
WHILE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY REMAINS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA...THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR...

DUNDY...HITCHCOCK AND RED WILLOW COUNTIES OF EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...

CHEYENNE AND KIT CARSON COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

CHEYENNE...SHERMAN AND RAWLINS COUNTIES OF EXTREME NORTHWEST
KANSAS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS UNSTABLE ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM
OBERLIN TO TRIBUNE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR DECATUR...NORTON...THOMAS...SHERIDAN...GRAHAM...WALLACE...
LOGAN...GOVE...GREELEY AND WICHITA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST KANSAS
UNTIL 2 AM CDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION
OR CABLE TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

TURNER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDSherman65 min
Jun 21, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDWallace62 min
Jun 21, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDLogan, Thomas61 min
Jun 21, 10:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove64 min

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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.