Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1999, 2:13 AM CDT for Logan County, Thomas County, Kansas. It was in force for 62 min. 3 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 11, 1999, 2:13 AM CDT (07:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 1999, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Logan County, KS, Thomas County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 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 11, 2:15 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Colby, KS | |
| Jun 11, 3:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 57 | Mingo, KS | |
| Jun 11, 3:20 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Oakley, 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 11, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1471 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1134 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 10, 9:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 9:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 836 PM MDT (936 PM CDT) THU JUN 10 1999 UPDATED ZONES TO REFLECT NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN CWA UNTIL 1 AM MDT (2 AM CDT). ALSO CONTINUED MENTION OF FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ENTIRE CWA THROUGH TONIGHT. LATEST 02Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS STALLED FRONT LYING NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST THROUGH GOODLAND. BEST DYNAMICS PLUS GOOD 25H JET COMING TOGETHER OVER CWA THIS EVENING RESULTING IN GOOD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MIGRATE EAST AS AN MCS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TOMORROW. DID NOT SEE ANY REASON TO CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE TO ZONES AT THIS TIME. .GLD...SEV THUNDERSTORM WATCH COZ090>092 KSZ001-002-003-004-013-014-015-016-027-028-029 NEZ079-080-081 LAMMERS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 12:12 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1112 PM MDT THU JUN 10 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1049 PM GOODLAND KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 SHERMAN
SULLIVANLocal storm report, Jun 11, 12:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1130 PM MDT THU JUN 10 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 PM GOODLAND KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 SHERMAN
1110 PM GOODLAND KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 SHERMAN
1114 PM GOODLAND KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 SHERMAN
SULLIVANLocal storm report, Jun 11, 12:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1130 PM MDT THU JUN 10 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 PM GOODLAND KS 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 SHERMAN
1110 PM GOODLAND KS 1 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 SHERMAN
1114 PM GOODLAND KS .75 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 SHERMAN
SULLIVANLocal storm report, Jun 11, 12:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1157 PM MDT THU JUN 10 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1134 PM 12 SW STRATTON CO 1 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 KIT CARSON
1134 PM 12 SW STRATTON CO 75-100 MPH TSTM GUST
06/10/99 KIT CARSON
SULLIVANLocal storm report, Jun 11, 12:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1157 PM MDT THU JUN 10 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1134 PM 12 SW STRATTON CO 1 INCH HAIL
06/10/99 KIT CARSON
1134 PM 12 SW STRATTON CO 75-100 MPH TSTM GUST
06/10/99 KIT CARSON
SULLIVANSpecial weather statement, Jun 11, 2:03 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 103 AM MDT FRI JUN 11 1999 KSZ014>016-027>029-041-042-111200- GOVE-GRAHAM-GREELEY-LOGAN-SHERIDAN-THOMAS-WALLACE-WICHITA- 103 AM MDT (203 AM CDT) FRI JUN 11 1999 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS UNTIL 6 AM CDT (5 AM MDT) ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THE NIGHT... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE HIGH AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AT ALL LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL CAUSE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN KANSAS...LOGAN...SOUTHERN THOMAS...GREELEY...GRAHAM... SOUTHERN SHERIDAN AND GOVE COUNTIES. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLY EVEN TORNADOES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION SERVICE PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SULLIVAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sherman, Thomas | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 2:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Sherman | 87 min |
| Jun 11, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Sheridan | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Gove | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Thomas | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Decatur, Norton | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 8:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Decatur | 12 hr |
| Jun 10, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 64 min |
| Jun 10, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 10:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 114 min |
| Jun 11, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 59 min |
| Jun 11, 12:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 3 hr |
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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.